Bill drafting and filing deadlines in the 2010 NC short session

Below are the deadlines for various types of bills for the 2010 short session to be requested from North Carolina legislative staff and filed in the Principal Clerk’s offices:

2010 House/Senate Deadlines

Drafts	To Bill DraftingBy 4:00 PM	Filed in House/SenateBy 4:00 PM
Bills recommended byStudy commissions	Wednesday, May 12	Wednesday, May 19
Bills Affecting2010-2011 Budget	Friday, May 14	Tuesday, May 25
Local Bills	Wednesday, May 19	Wednesday, May 26
Bills Affecting State orLocal Pension orRetirement Systems	Wednesday, May 19	Wednesday, May 26

 

Eligible to file in 2010 but no deadlines:

(1)   Appointments to and confirmation of members of State boards and commissions

(2)   State Constitutional amendments

(3)   Resolutions honoring deceased persons

(4)   Resolutions authorizing other bills (two-thirds vote required)

(5)  Adjournment resolution sine die

Bills disapproving administrative rules are also eligible to be filed by the 30th legislative day of the short session under G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). A legislative day is a day when either house meets.  Assuming session Monday-Thursday of each week, the 30th legislative day will be Thursday, July 1, 2010.

bills eligible in the 2010 NC short session

The 2009 Regular Session of the 2009 General Assembly adjourned on August 11, 2009, to reconvene for the 2010 Short Session at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

As in the past, the adjournment resolution limits the measures that may be considered during the Short Session.  An explanatory memorandum is now available online for your review at the General Assembly website, and includes a list of bills meeting the crossover requirement of the Adjournment Resolution.  A limited number of copies of this memorandum will be available in the Legislative Library beginning Wednesday morning, September 30, 2009.

 (source – Walker Reagan, Research Division Director)