North Carolina 2021-2022 Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SR 1 — Senate Permanent Rules - 2021.

Last action — Filed

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1052 added · 1055 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Senate Resolution 1 includes a specific provision that ensures the Senate will reconvene on the next legislative day at 2:00 P.M. This added clarity helps prevent confusion about meeting times, which is important for maintaining an orderly legislative process. Additionally, the changes streamline how the Senate calls back into session when key leaders are absent, ensuring that legislative work can continue smoothly. These updates matter because they establish clearer rules and procedures for functioning in the Senate, helping to enhance overall efficiency and governance.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S Simple Resolution Adopted SENATE RESOLUTION 1 Adopted 1/13/21 Sponsors:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1 Sponsors:
*S1-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 4.
RULE 4.
– In the absence of the President, the President Pro Tempore or a Senator designated by the President Pro Tempore shall convene or reconvene the Senate and preside, and during such time shall be vested with all powers of the President of the Senate except that of casting a vote in case of a tie when the President Pro Tempore or the designated Presiding Officer has already voted on the question as a Senator.
– In the absence of the President, the President Pro Tempore or a Senator designated by the President Pro Tempore shall *S1-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 convene or reconvene the Senate and preside, and during such time shall be vested with all powers of the President of the Senate except that of casting a vote in case of a tie when the President Pro Tempore or the designated Presiding Officer has already voted on the question as a Senator.
Page 2 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 10.
RULE 10.
The Presiding Officer shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, whose decision maybe appealed to the Senate by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once unless by leave of the Senate.
The Page 2 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Presiding Officer shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, whose decision maybe appealed to the Senate by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once unless by leave of the Senate.
A Senatorial Statement shall be in Senate Resolution 1 Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 writing and in a form prescribed by the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
A Senatorial Statement shall be in writing and in a form prescribed by the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
A Senatorial Statement shall speak in the voice of the Senator submitting the Statement, is not a statement by the Senate, and is not subject to a vote by the Senate.
A Senatorial Statement shall speak in the voice of the Senator submitting the Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Statement, is not a statement by the Senate, and is not subject to a vote by the Senate.
Page 4 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (j) No member of the Senate shall place any item on another Senator's Chamber desk orin anotherSenator's office unlesstheitem conspicuouslydisplays the nameoftheSenator placing the item.
(j) No member of the Senate shall place any item on another Senator's Chamber desk orin anotherSenator's office unlesstheitem conspicuouslydisplays the nameoftheSenator placing the item.
(k) No person other than the member, the member's legislative assistant, or the Principal Clerk's office or staff under the direction of the Principal Clerk, shall place any matter on the member's Chamber desk, then only materials relevant to the business of the Senate, or as allowed under subsection (j) of this rule.
Page 4 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (k) No person other than the member, the member's legislative assistant, or the Principal Clerk's office or staff under the direction of the Principal Clerk, shall place any matter on the member's Chamber desk, then only materials relevant to the business of the Senate, or as allowed under subsection (j) of this rule.
Senate Resolution 1 Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (3) The member in charge of the measure, who shall be designated by the chair of the committee reporting the same to the Senate at the time the bill or other matter under consideration is reported to the Senate or taken up for consideration;
(3) The member in charge of the measure, who shall be designated by the chair of the committee reporting the same to the Senate at the time the bill or other Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 matter under consideration is reported to the Senate or taken up for consideration;
Page 6 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (d) The voting station at each Senator's desk in the Chamber shall be used only by the Senator to whom the station is assigned.
(d) The voting station at each Senator's desk in the Chamber shall be used only by the Senator to whom the station is assigned.
It is a breach of the ethical obligation of a Senator either to request that another vote at the requesting Senator's station or to vote at another Senator's station.
It is a breach of the ethical obligation of a Senator either to request Page 6 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 that another vote at the requesting Senator's station or to vote at another Senator's station.
If the electronic Senate Resolution 1 Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 voting system is inoperative, the roll of the Senate shall be called and the ayes and noes taken manually and recorded on the Journal.
If the electronic voting system is inoperative, the roll of the Senate shall be called and the ayes and noes taken manually and recorded on the Journal.
If fewer than one-fifth of the Senators present stand to sustain the call, the Presiding Officer shall announce, "An insufficient number up," and a vote by electronic voting or by voice, whichever is appropriate under the Rules of the Senate, shall be taken.
If fewer than one-fifth of the Senators present stand to sustain the call, the Presiding Officer shall announce, "An insufficient number up," and a vote by Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 electronic voting or by voice, whichever is appropriate under the Rules of the Senate, shall be taken.
– The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall have the exclusive right and authority to appoint the membership of all committees, regular and select, and to appoint committee chairs and vice-chairs and to establish select committees, Page 8 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 but this does not exclude the right of the Senate by resolution to establish select committees.
– The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall have the exclusive right and authority to appoint the membership of all committees, regular and select, and to appoint committee chairs and vice-chairs and to establish select committees, but this does not exclude the right of the Senate by resolution to establish select committees.
Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, the Senate may alter the name, number, and composition of the standing committees by a majority vote of the Senators present and voting.
Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, the Senate Page 8 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 may alter the name, number, and composition of the standing committees by a majority vote of the Senators present and voting.
Senate Resolution 1 Page 9 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 36.1.
RULE 36.1.
The minutes shall indicate the number of members present and the actions taken by the committee at the meeting.
The Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 9 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 minutes shall indicate the number of members present and the actions taken by the committee at the meeting.
Page 10 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (1) The North Carolina Constitution prescribes that the bill as filed must be a public bill because of its subject matter.
(1) The North Carolina Constitution prescribes that the bill as filed must be a public bill because of its subject matter.
RULE 40.
Page 10 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 40.
Senate Resolution 1 Page 11 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (b) All public bills and resolutions, except those listed in subsection (b1) of this rule, must be submitted to either the Legislative Drafting Division or the Legislative Analysis Division of the Legislative Services Office by4:00 P.M.
(b) All public bills and resolutions, except those listed in subsection (b1) of this rule, must be submitted to either the Legislative Drafting Division or the Legislative Analysis Division of the Legislative Services Office by4:00 P.M.
(b1) The following bills are not subject to subsection (b) of this rule:
Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 11 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (b1) The following bills are not subject to subsection (b) of this rule:
Page 12 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 42.1.
RULE 42.1.
– (a) A Chair of the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, or of the Finance Committee, or of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, upon the floor of the Senate, may request that a fiscal analysis be made of a bill, resolution, or an amendment to a bill or resolution which is in the possession of the Senate and that a fiscal note be attached to the measure, when in the opinion of that Chair the fiscal effects of that measure are not apparent from the language of the measure.
– (a) A Chair of the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, or of the Finance Committee, or of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, upon the floor of the Senate, may request that a fiscal analysis be made of a bill, resolution, or an amendment to a bill or resolution which is in the possession of the Senate and that a fiscal note be attached to the measure, when in the opinion of that Chair the fiscal effects Page 12 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 of that measure are not apparent from the language of the measure.
The chief administrative Senate Resolution 1 Page 13 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 officer shall have an actuarial note prepared by the system's actuary on the measure and shall transmit the note to the sponsor of the measure not later than two weeks after the request is received.
The chief administrative officer shall have an actuarial note prepared by the system's actuary on the measure and shall transmit the note to the sponsor of the measure not later than two weeks after the request is received.
(d) The note shall be factual and shall, if possible, provide a reliable estimate of both the immediate effect and, if determinable, the long-range fiscal and actuarial effect of the measure.
(d) The note shall be factual and shall, if possible, provide a reliable estimate of both the immediate effect and, if determinable, the long-range fiscal and actuarial effect of the Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 13 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 measure.
Page 14 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (b) The sponsor of each bill, amendment, or resolution to which this subsection applies shall present a copyof the bill, amendment, or resolution with the request for a fiscal note to the Fiscal Research Division.
(b) The sponsor of each bill, amendment, or resolution to which this subsection applies shall present a copyof the bill, amendment, or resolution with the request for a fiscal note to the Fiscal Research Division.
(c) This fiscal note shall be attached to the original of each proposed bill, amendment, or resolution that is reported favorably byany committee, but shall be separate from the bill, amendment, or resolution and shall be clearly designated as a fiscal note.
Page 14 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (c) This fiscal note shall be attached to the original of each proposed bill, amendment, or resolution that is reported favorably byany committee, but shall be separate from the bill, amendment, or resolution and shall be clearly designated as a fiscal note.
Uponthereferral being made, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate shall notify the Senate Resolution 1 Page 15 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Principal Clerk of the Senate of the referral, and the Reading Clerk shall announce the referral of the bill.
Uponthereferral being made, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate shall notify the Principal Clerk of the Senate of the referral, and the Reading Clerk shall announce the referral of the bill.
_________ is referred to the Committee on Finance and upon a favorable report referred to the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee." RULE 44.
_________ is referred to the Committee on Finance and upon a favorable report referred to the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee." Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 15 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 44.
No petition may be circulated for signatures until 10 legislative days after the Page 16 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 bill has been referred to the committee.
No petition may be circulated for signatures until 10 legislative days after the bill has been referred to the committee.
If the motion is adopted by two-thirds of the members of the Senate, then the committee to which the bill or resolution has been referred is discharged from further consideration of the bill or resolution, and that bill or resolution is placed on the calendar for the next legislative day as a special order of business.
If the motion is adopted by two-thirds of the members of the Senate, then the committee to which the bill or resolution has been referred is discharged from further consideration of the bill or resolution, and that bill or Page 16 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 resolution is placed on the calendar for the next legislative day as a special order of business.
– (a) After a bill has been tabled, or has failed to pass on any of its readings, the contents of such bill or the principal provisions of its subject Senate Resolution 1 Page 17 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 matter shall not be embodied in any other measure.
– (a) After a bill has been tabled, or has failed to pass on any of its readings, the contents of such bill or the principal provisions of its subject matter shall not be embodied in any other measure.
Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by the Presiding Officer, such measure shall be laid upon the table and shall not be taken therefrom except by a vote of two-thirds of the membership of the Senate present and voting:
Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by the Presiding Officer, such measure shall be laid upon the table and shall not be Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 17 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 taken therefrom except by a vote of two-thirds of the membership of the Senate present and voting:
The question that shall be put before the Page 18 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Senate by the Presiding Officer shall be:
The question that shall be put before the Senate by the Presiding Officer shall be:
(f) No committee substitute adopted by the House to a bill originating in the Senate may be amended by the Senate.
Page 18 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (f) No committee substitute adopted by the House to a bill originating in the Senate may be amended by the Senate.
Senate Resolution 1 Page 19 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 VII.
VII.
(b) Members may designate honorary pages by a statement delivered to the Principal Clerk who will have a certificate issued therefor.
Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 19 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (b) Members may designate honorary pages by a statement delivered to the Principal Clerk who will have a certificate issued therefor.
and Page 20 Senate Resolution 1 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 persons particularlyinvited and extended the privileges of the floor bythe Presiding Officer shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate either during its session or be admitted to or remain on the floor of the Senate within 15 minutes prior to the Senate's scheduled daily session.
and persons particularlyinvited and extended the privileges of the floor bythe Presiding Officer shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate either during its session or be admitted to or remain on the floor of the Senate within 15 minutes prior to the Senate's scheduled daily session.
(i) be admitted to the floor of the Senate or Senate Chamber while the Senate is in session, (ii) be admitted to or remain on the floor of the Senate within 15 minutes prior to the Senate's scheduled daily session, or (iii) except when a committee is meeting on the floor, be admitted to the floor of the Senate for the 15 minutes after adjournment of the Senate.
(i) be admitted to the floor of the Senate or Senate Chamber while the Senate is in session, (ii) be admitted to or Page 20 Senate Resolution 1-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 remain on the floor of the Senate within 15 minutes prior to the Senate's scheduled daily session, or (iii) except when a committee is meeting on the floor, be admitted to the floor of the Senate for the 15 minutes after adjournment of the Senate.
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Such Senate Resolution 1 Page 21 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 notices shall be issued as information for the press, and the information shall be posted in the places designated by the Principal Clerk.
Such notices shall be issued as information for the press, and the information shall be posted in the places designated by the Principal Clerk.
RULE 76.
Senate Resolution 1-First Edition Page 21 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 RULE 76.
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Action History

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  2. Passed 1st Reading

  3. Placed on Today's Calendar

  4. Adopted

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Votes

Motion 8 To Adopt

Passed 47 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12001
Unaffiliated 17001
Republican 18001
Total 47003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
deViere — Yea
Fitch — Yea
Foushee — Yea
Marcus — Yea
Nickel — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Ballard — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Proctor — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Bazemore — Not Voting
D. Davis — Yea
J. Jackson — Yea
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Not Voting
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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