July 2, 2009
Some stats on the 2009 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly as of July 2, 2009, with some comparisons to 2007:
Session Laws enacted by 7/2/2009: 272 (Of the 272 acts, 182 were signed into law by the Governor, the other 89 were local acts that do not require gubernatorial approval and one was a redistricting bill that likewise becomes law when signed by the presiding officers of the two houses.)
Session Laws enacted by 7/2/2007: 159 (grand total for entire long session 620)
Thus we are well ahead of the 2007 pace!
Some of the difference (but not much) is because Governor Perdue has been acting on almost all bills within 5-7 days after they reach her, while Governor Easley almost always took 9-10 days (10 is the maximum)
Date in 2007 we reached 272 Session Laws: July 27, 2007
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Other stats to bookmark and follow:
Bills on the Governor’s Desk: 14 as of noon July 2, 2009
Bills to be ratified: 7 to be ratified July 8 (I know the webpage says July 7, but that is not correct). Ratification is the stage where final action has been taken by both houses and the bills await signature by the presiding officers.
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June 13, 2009
The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 202 on June 13, 2009. Thirty-nine adopted floor amendments were engrossed to create the 6th edition of the bill. Below are links to the bill as passed, its table of contents, the report from today incorporating the bill and all amendments, including budget restorations, and two committee reports from earlier in the week.
New – Bill Text – Senate Bill 202, 6th Edition Engrossed, as passed by North Carolina House of Representatives June 13, 2009 (39 amendments engrossed)
New – Table of Contents- Senate Bill 202, 6th Edition Engrossed, as passed by North Carolina House of Representatives June 13, 2009
New – Report – House of Representatives Report on the Continuation, Expansion, and Capital Budgets for Senate Bill 202, 6th Edition
Report – House Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion, and Capital Budgets for Senate Bill 202, 4th Edition Engrossed (This Report is revised to incorporate all House Appropriations Committee amendments adopted June 9, 2009.)
Report – Supplemental Report on the Continuation, Expansion and Capital Budgets and Contingent Appropriations – Senate Bill 202, 5th Edition, as Amended with Committee Amendments
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June 11, 2009
While only the Beatles could have eight days a week, and with a Friday and Saturday North Carolina House session likely this week, the Charlotte Observer’s Jack Betts has a great post today about how regular daily sessions dropped from six to five to four days per week over the last 65 years.
Jack concluded his post:
Legislators once spent at least parts of six days a week in Raleigh on formal sessions; Now it’s four days a week. But, of course, with technology and staff and sophisticated ways to analyze problems, lawmakers have many more ways to be productive. And a lot of them work on legislative business seven days a week, no matter whether they’re in Raleigh, Ramp Cove or Rodanthe.
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June 6, 2009
The reports presented TO the House Appropriations subcommittees on June 4, 2009 have been posted to the web by our Fiscal Research Division as follows (note, these reports may have been amended before adoption Thursday, amendments are not shown):
Capital
Education
Health and Human Services
Justice and Public Safety
Natural and Economic Resources
Transportation
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