Here’s a table comparing the volume of legislation filed and passed during the last five long sessions of the North Carolina General Assembly, covering 2001 through 2009:
| 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | |
| Date Convened | Jan. 24 | Jan. 26 | Jan. 26 | Jan. 24 | Jan. 28 |
| Date adjourned | Dec. 6 | July 20 | Sept. 2 | Aug. 2 | Aug. 11 |
| Senate legislative days | 173 | 102 | 126 | 111 | 112 |
| House legislative days | 179 | 102 | 125 | 113 | 114 |
| Senate bills introduced | 1,109 | 1,340 | 1,184 | 1,573 | 1,109 |
| House bills introduced | 1,478 | 1,028 | 1,800 | 2,072 | 1,658 |
| Total bills introduced | 2,587 | 2,368 | 2,984 | 3,645 | 2,767 |
| Session Laws enacted | 519 | 435 | 463 | 551 | 577 |
| Vetoes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joint resolutions ratified | 36 | 32 | 58 | 68 | 33 |
| Simple resolutions adopted | 10 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 8 |
| Total measures passed | 565 | 483 | 547 | 626 | 618 |
| % measures passed | 21.8% | 20.3% | 18.3% | 17.2% | 22.3% |
source for most of the data: North Carolina Legislative Library, Legislative Statistics 1965-2009. This post is an update of a similar one post-2007 long session, which covered 1993-2007 .
