SB 782 — Merchandise Sales Limit/Meck Dist Ct.
Last action — Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 14, 2020. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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3 sponsors
2 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
21 added · 141 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Senate Bill 782 includes the addition of the title "GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA" and the session dates to clarify the document's context. It also removes earlier references that might have caused confusion. These changes ensure that the bill is properly identified and attributed, which matters because clear documentation helps all involved understand what is being discussed and decided in the legislature.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 21 SENATE BILL 782 Redistricting and Elections Committee Substitute Adopted 6/22/20 Short Title:
Raise Merchandise Sales Limit/MeckLimit/Campaign DistFinan. Ct.
Senators Edwards, Hise, and D.
Davis (Primary Sponsors).
Rules and Operations of the Senate May 18, 2020 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AMENDING THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS TO RAISE THE LIMIT ON MERCHANDISE SALES FOR POLITICAL PARTIESPARTIES. AND TO PROVIDE FOR AT-LARGE ELECTION OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
SECTION 1.(a)1. G.S.
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7A-133*S782-v-1* reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-133.
Numbers of judges by districts;
numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, by counties.
(a) Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:
… 26 21 Mecklenburg 26A 3 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26B 3 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26C 2 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) *S782-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 26D 2 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26E 3 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26F 3 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26G 2 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) 26H 3 (part of Mecklenburg see subsection (b)) … (b) For district court districts of less than a whole county, or with part or all of one county with part of another, the composition of the district is as follows:
… (11) District26A:MecklenburgCounty:VTD001,VTD008,VTD018,VTD019, VTD 032, VTD 035, VTD 036, VTD 047, VTD 048, VTD 057, VTD 067, VTD 069, VTD 071, VTD 074, VTD 091, VTD 096, VTD 103, VTD 106, VTD 113, VTD 119, VTD 136, VTD 215, VTD 216, VTD 217, VTD 218, VTD 219, VTD 220, VTD 221, VTD 233, VTD 234, VTD 236.
(12) District 26B:
MecklenburgCounty:
VTD070,VTD072, VTD073,VTD075, VTD 076, VTD 086, VTD 087, VTD 088, VTD 090, VTD 092, VTD 093, VTD 100, VTD 101, VTD 110, VTD 111, VTD 112, VTD 114, VTD 118, VTD 121, VTD 131, VTD 137, VTD 139.1, VTD 140, VTD 144, VTD 226, VTD 227, VTD 232.
(13) District 26C:
MecklenburgCounty:
VTD127,VTD133, VTD134,VTD142, VTD 143, VTD 150, VTD 151, VTD 202, VTD 206, VTD 207, VTD 208, VTD 209, VTD 223.1, VTD 224, VTD 240, VTD 241, VTD 242.
(14) District26D:MecklenburgCounty:VTD037,VTD038,VTD049,VTD050, VTD 051, VTD 058, VTD 059, VTD 077, VTD 097, VTD 098, VTD 120, VTD 122, VTD 129, VTD 138, VTD 147, VTD 148, VTD 225, VTD 228, VTD 229, VTD 230, VTD 231, VTD 243.
(15) District 26E:
MecklenburgCounty:
VTD002,VTD005, VTD 007, VTD009, VTD 010, VTD 012, VTD 013, VTD 014, VTD 016, VTD 017, VTD 020, VTD 021, VTD 022, VTD 023, VTD 024, VTD 025, VTD 029, VTD 031, VTD 039, VTD 040, VTD 041, VTD 046, VTD 052, VTD 053, VTD 078.1, VTD 079, VTD 080, VTD 081, VTD 109, VTD 200.
(16) District 26F:
MecklenburgCounty:
VTD 011, VTD 015, VTD 026, VTD 027, VTD 028, VTD 030, VTD 042, VTD 044, VTD 054, VTD 055, VTD 056, VTD 082, VTD 089, VTD 128, VTD 135, VTD 210, VTD 211, VTD 213, VTD 214, VTD 222, VTD 238.1.
(17) District26G:MecklenburgCounty:VTD003,VTD004,VTD043,VTD060, VTD 061, VTD 104, VTD 105, VTD 107.1, VTD 123, VTD 126, VTD 132, VTD 141, VTD 145, VTD 146, VTD 149, VTD 204.1, VTD 212, VTD 237, VTD 239.
(18) District26H:MecklenburgCounty:VTD006,VTD033,VTD034,VTD045, VTD 062, VTD 063, VTD 064, VTD 065, VTD 066, VTD 068, VTD 083, Page 2 Senate Bill 782-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 VTD 084, VTD 085, VTD 094, VTD 095, VTD 099, VTD 102, VTD 108, VTD 115, VTD 116, VTD 117, VTD 124, VTD 125, VTD 130, VTD 201, VTD 203, VTD 205, VTD 235.
The names and boundaries of voting tabulation districts specified for Mecklenburg County, Wake County, and Vance County in this section are as shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
Precinct boundaries for Union County are those shown on the Legislative Services Office's redistricting computer database on January 1, 2005;
and for other counties are those reported by the United States Bureau of the Census under Public Law 94-171 for the 1990 Census in the IVTD Version of the TIGER files.
…." SECTION 2.(b) Section 2(b) of S.L.
2018-14 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2.(b) In order to implement the district court districts as enacted bythis section, the following shall apply:
(1) Judges in the following districts, as set out in this section, shall take office on January 1, 2019, with elections in 2018, and every four years thereafter, to be held accordingly:
a.
District 10A – one judge.
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b.
District 10B – one judge.
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District 10D – three judges.
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District 10E – two judges.
e.
District 10F – one judge.
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District 26A – three judges.
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District 26B – one judge.
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District 26E – two judges.
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District 26F – two judges.
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District 26G – one judge.
(2) Judges in the following districts, as set out in this section, shall take office on January 1, 2021, with elections in 2020, and every four years thereafter, to be held accordingly:
a.
District 10A – two judges.
b.
District 10B – two judges.
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District 10C – three judges.
d.
District 10D – three judges.
e.
District 10E – one judge.
f.
District 10F – two judges.
g.
District 26B – two judges.
h.
District 26C – two judges.
i.
District 26D – two judges.
j.
District 26E – one judge.
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District 26F – one judge.
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District 26G – one judge.
m.
District 26H – three judges." SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective January 1, 2021, and applies to elections conducted on or after that date.
SECTION 3.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
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Action History
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Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020
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Ch. SL 2020-84
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Conf Com Dismissed
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Conferees Reappointed
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Conf Com Reported
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Added to Calendar
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Conf Report Adopted
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Conf Com Reported
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Placed on Today's Calendar
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Conf Report Adopted
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Ordered Enrolled
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Ratified
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Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2020
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Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Added to Calendar
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Passed 2nd Reading
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Passed 3rd Reading
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Special Message Sent To Senate
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Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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Placed on Today's Calendar
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Failed Concur In H Com Sub
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Conf Com Appointed
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Conf Com Appointed
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Reptd Fav
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Placed on Today's Calendar
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Amend Adopted A1
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Passed 2nd Reading
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Passed 3rd Reading
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Engrossed
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Special Message Sent To House
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Special Message Received From Senate
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Passed 1st Reading
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Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Com Substitute Adopted
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Withdrawn From Com
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Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Passed 1st Reading
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Filed
Sponsors
- D. Davis · Cosponsor
- Edwards · Primary
- Ralph Hise · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Edwards
- Ralph Hise Republican
Co-sponsors (1)
Not signed on (176)
176 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 176 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democratic | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 99 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (120)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Autry | — | Yea |
| Beasley | — | Yea |
| Brewer | — | Yea |
| Clemmons | — | Yea |
| Farmer-Butterfield | — | Yea |
| Gailliard | — | Yea |
| Garrison | — | Yea |
| Gill | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Holley | — | Yea |
| Hunt | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Martin | — | Yea |
| Montgomery | — | Yea |
| Queen | — | Yea |
| Richardson | — | Yea |
| Russell | — | Yea |
| vonHaefen | — | Yea |
| Wray | — | Yea |
| Boles | — | Yea |
| Bumgardner | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Conrad | — | Yea |
| Dobson | — | Yea |
| Elmore | — | Yea |
| Faircloth | — | Yea |
| Fraley | — | Yea |
| Grange | — | Yea |
| Hardister | — | Yea |
| Horn | — | Yea |
| Hurley | — | Yea |
| P. Jones | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| McElraft | — | Yea |
| McGrady | — | Yea |
| McNeill | — | Yea |
| Moore | — | Yea |
| Presnell | — | Yea |
| Rogers | — | Yea |
| Saine | — | Yea |
| Sasser | — | Yea |
| Speciale | — | Yea |
| Szoka | — | Yea |
| Yarborough | — | Yea |
| Zachary | — | Yea |
| Fisher | — | Not Voting |
| Floyd | — | Not Voting |
| Insko | — | Not Voting |
| Lucas | — | Not Voting |
| Terry | — | Not Voting |
| Cleveland | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| C. Smith | — | Yea |
| K. Baker | — | Yea |
| K. Smith | — | Yea |
| R. Smith | — | Yea |
| Allison A. Dahle | Democratic | Yea |
| Amos L. Quick, III | Democratic | Yea |
| Becky Carney | Democratic | Yea |
| Brandon Lofton | Democratic | Yea |
| Brian Turner | Democratic | Yea |
| Carolyn G. Logan | Democratic | Yea |
| Cecil Brockman | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Cynthia Ball | Democratic | Yea |
| Dante Pittman | Democratic | Yea |
| Deb Butler | Democratic | Yea |
| Eric Ager | Democratic | Yea |
| Gale Adcock | Democratic | Yea |
| Garland E. Pierce | Democratic | Yea |
| Graig Meyer | Democratic | Yea |
| Joe John | Democratic | Yea |
| Marcia Morey | Democratic | Yea |
| Mary Belk | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Pricey Harrison | Democratic | Yea |
| Robert T. Reives, II | Democratic | Yea |
| Shelly Willingham | Democratic | Yea |
| Sydney Batch | Democratic | Yea |
| Terence Everitt | Democratic | Yea |
| Tracy Clark | Democratic | Yea |
| Vernetta Alston | Democratic | Yea |
| Zack Hawkins | Democratic | Yea |
| Bobby Hanig | Republican | Yea |
| Brenden H. Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Humphrey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dean Arp | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Riddell | Republican | Yea |
| Destin Hall | Republican | Not Voting |
| Donna McDowell White | Republican | Yea |
| Donny Lambeth | Republican | Yea |
| Edward C. Goodwin | Republican | Yea |
| Frank Iler | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Hugh Blackwell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jake Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Adams | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey C. McNeely | Republican | Yea |
| Jimmy Dixon | Republican | Not Voting |
| John A. Torbett | Republican | Yea |
| John R. Bell, IV | Republican | Yea |
| John Sauls | Republican | Yea |
| Julia C. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Kidwell | Republican | Yea |
| Kelly E. Hastings | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Corbin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kyle Hall | Republican | Not Voting |
| Larry C. Strickland | Republican | Yea |
| Larry W. Potts | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lisa S. Barnes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Brody | Republican | Yea |
| Mitchell S. Setzer | Republican | Yea |
| Phil Shepard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sarah Stevens | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen M. Ross | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Jarvis | Republican | Not Voting |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| William D. Brisson | Republican | Yea |
| Carla D. Cunningham | U | Not Voting |
| Nasif Majeed | U | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democratic | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 33 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 66% | 14% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| deViere | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Woodard | — | Yea |
| Ballard | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| J. Davis | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Gallimore | — | Yea |
| Gunn | — | Yea |
| Harrington | — | Yea |
| Horner | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Krawiec | — | Yea |
| Newton | — | Yea |
| Perry | — | Yea |
| Steinburg | — | Yea |
| Fitch | — | Nay |
| Marcus | — | Nay |
| Nickel | — | Nay |
| Foushee | — | Not Voting |
| Peterson | — | Not Voting |
| Searcy | — | Not Voting |
| VanDuyn | — | Not Voting |
| Bryan | — | Not Voting |
| Tillman | — | Not Voting |
| Wells | — | Not Voting |
| D. Davis | — | Yea |
| J. Jackson | — | Yea |
| Dan Blue | Democratic | Nay |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Jay J. Chaudhuri | Democratic | Yea |
| Joyce Waddell | Democratic | Yea |
| Michael Garrett | Democratic | Nay |
| Mujtaba A. Mohammed | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Natalie S. Murdock | Democratic | Nay |
| Paul A. Lowe, Jr. | Democratic | Nay |
| Tracy Clark | Democratic | Yea |
| Bill Rabon | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Jackson | Republican | Yea |
| Carl Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Earl Britt, Jr. | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Burgin | Republican | Yea |
| Norman W. Sanderson | Republican | Yea |
| Phil Berger | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Hise | Republican | Yea |
| Tom McInnis | Republican | Yea |
| Vickie Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Warren Daniel | Republican | Yea |
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- SB 782 is sponsored by D. Davis, Edwards, and Ralph Hise (Republican).
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 14, 2020. Enacted.
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