Finding House bills filed at the deadline

Looking for the 157 House bills filed April 8, 2009 (HB 1221-1377) and the 127 House bills filed April 9, 2009 (HB 1378-1504)?

The quickest way is to go to:

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/lastaction/lastaction.pl?Biennium=2009&SessionNumber=1

where you can scroll through the short titles and click on the links.

Today at 1:00 pm was the filing deadline under the House rules for substantive House public bills.  The deadline for House appropriations and finance bills is May 6, 2009.

Senate budget as passed

Here is the 2009-2011 North Carolina State budget as it passed the Senate today:

New – 2009 Budget (Senate Bill 202 Bill Status History)

• New – Bill Text – Committee Substitute #2 for Senate Bill 202, 2009-2011 State Budget, as approved April 7, 2009 by Senate Appropriations, Pensions & Retirement and Finance Committees

• New – Report – Senate Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion, and Capital Budgets for Senate Bill 202, 3rd Edition — April 8, 2009

• New – Table of Contents for Committee Substitute #2 for Senate Bill 202, 2009-2011 State Budget, as approved April 7, 2009 by Senate Appropriations, Pensions & Retirement and Finance Committees

(note: the reference in Section 28.2(a) of the budget bill to the April 7, 2009 committee report is actually intended as a reference to the April 8, 2009 committee report)

NC Senate proposed budget on the web

This is just up on the News & Information pane of the North Carolina legislative website:

New – 2009 Budget (Senate Bill 202 Bill Status History)

• New – Bill Text – Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 202, 2009-2011 State Budget, to be considered April 7, 2009 in Senate Appropriations Committee

• New – Report – Senate Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion, and Capital Budgets for Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 202 — to be considered April 7, 2009 in Senate Appropriations Committee — Explains bill presented to committee

• New – Table of Contents for Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 202, 2009-2011 State Budget, to be considered April 7, 2009 in Senate Appropriations Committee