SB 233 — Alexander Co. Bd. of Ed. Referendum.
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4Passed House
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
11 added · 12 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended version of Senate Bill 233 clarifies the timing for when newly elected members will take office, specifying that they will begin their terms on the first Monday in December following their election. This change is important because it establishes a consistent transition period for elected officials, allowing for smoother operations and continuity in governance. Additionally, it ensures that the terms of outgoing members officially conclude at the same time.
FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 8, 2023 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 233 Short Title:
233 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS55014-NG-41C Short Title:
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 9, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALEXANDER COUNTY TO CONDUCT A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD FOR THE ALEXANDER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN.
Members elected shall take office and qualify on the first MondayMondayin inDecemberofthe Decemberoftheyearoftheiryearoftheir election,andtheterms of theirpredecessors shall expire at that same time.
Each member of the Alexander County Board of Education elected in 2022 and 2024, or any member appointed to fill a vacancy foramemberelectedin 2022 or2024,shall serveuntil asuccessorhas been elected andandqualified. qualified.
SECTION 1.(e) Effective the first MondayMondayin in December of 2026, G.S.
*DRS55014-NG-41C**S233-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 SECTION 1.(g) Except as otherwise provided, this section is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with elections conducted after the referendum conducted pursuant to Section 2 of this act.
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Action History
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Sponsors
- Eddie D. Settle · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Eddie D. Settle Republican
Not signed on (178)
178 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 178 →"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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Albertson, Charles W. | — | Yea |
| Allran, Austin M. | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Jr., Frank W. | — | Yea |
| Ballantine, Patrick J. | — | Yea |
| Basnight, Marc | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Robert C. | — | Yea |
| Carrington, John | — | Yea |
| Carter, Charles | — | Yea |
| Clodfelter, Daniel G. | — | Yea |
| Cochrane, Betsy L. | — | Yea |
| Cooper Iii, Roy A. | — | Yea |
| Dalton, Walter | — | Yea |
| Dannelly, Charlie Smith | — | Yea |
| East, Don W. | — | Yea |
| Forrester, James | — | Yea |
| Foxx, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Garrou, Linda | — | Yea |
| Garwood, John A. | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Wib | — | Yea |
| Hagan, Kay | — | Yea |
| Harris, Oscar | — | Yea |
| Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. | — | Yea |
| Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. | — | Yea |
| Hoyle, David W. | — | Yea |
| Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry | — | Yea |
| Kerr, John H. | — | Yea |
| Kinnaird, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Martin, R. L. | — | Yea |
| Martin, William N. | — | Yea |
| Metcalf, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moore, Ken | — | Yea |
| Odom, T. L. | — | Yea |
| Perdue, Beverly M. | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Sr., Jim | — | Yea |
| Plyler, Aaron W. | — | Yea |
| Purcell, William R. | — | Yea |
| Rand, Anthony E. | — | Yea |
| Reeves, Eric Miller | — | Yea |
| Rucho, Robert A. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Robert G. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Larry | — | Yea |
| Soles, Jr., R. C. | — | Yea |
| Webster, Hugh | — | Yea |
| Weinstein, David | — | Yea |
| Wellons, Allen H. | — | Yea |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Michael V. Lee | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 98 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 110 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 1% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (119)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Gordon P. | — | Not Voting |
| Allred, Cary | — | Yea |
| Arnold, Gene | — | Yea |
| Baddour, Philip A., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Baker, Rex | — | Yea |
| Barbee, Bobby | — | Yea |
| Barefoot, Daniel W. | — | Yea |
| Berry, Cherie | — | Yea |
| Black, Jim (Speaker) | — | Yea |
| Bonner, Donald A. | — | Yea |
| Bowie, Joanne | — | Yea |
| Braswell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Bridgeman, John | — | Yea |
| Brown, John | — | Yea |
| Brubaker, Harold J. | — | Yea |
| Buchanan, Monroe | — | Not Voting |
| Cansler, Lanier | — | Yea |
| Capps, Russell | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Jim | — | Not Voting |
| Church, Walter | — | Yea |
| Clary, Debbie | — | Yea |
| Cole, E. Nelson | — | Yea |
| Cox, A. Leslie | — | Yea |
| Creech, Billy | — | Yea |
| Culp, Arlie | — | Yea |
| Culpepper, Bill | — | Yea |
| Daughtry, Leo | — | Yea |
| Decker, Michael P. | — | Yea |
| Dedmon, Andrew T. | — | Yea |
| Dockham, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Earle, Beverly | — | Yea |
| Easterling, Ruth | — | Yea |
| Edwards, Zeno L. | — | Yea |
| Ellis, Sam | — | Not Voting |
| Esposito, Theresa | — | Yea |
| Fitch, Jr., Toby | — | Not Voting |
| Fox, Stan | — | Yea |
| Gardner, Charlotte | — | Yea |
| Gibson, Pryor A. | — | Yea |
| Grady, Robert | — | Yea |
| Gray, Lyons | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Jim | — | Yea |
| Hackney, Joe | — | Yea |
| Haire, R. Phillip | — | Yea |
| Hardaway, Thomas C. | — | Yea |
| Hensley, Robert | — | Yea |
| Hiatt, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hill, Dewey | — | Yea |
| Holmes, George M. | — | Not Voting |
| Horn, W. James | — | Yea |
| Hunter, Howard | — | Yea |
| Hurley, Bill | — | Yea |
| Insko, Verla C. | — | Yea |
| Jarrell, Mary L. | — | Yea |
| Jeffus, Margaret M. | — | Yea |
| Justus, Larry | — | Yea |
| Kinney, Theodore J. | — | Yea |
| Kiser, Joe | — | Yea |
| Luebke, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mcallister, Mary | — | Yea |
| Mccomas, Danny | — | Yea |
| Mccombs, Gene | — | Yea |
| Mccrary, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mclawhorn, Marian N. | — | Yea |
| Mcmahan, Ed | — | Yea |
| Melton, O. Max | — | Yea |
| Michaux, Jr., Mickey | — | Yea |
| Miner, David | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, William F. | — | Yea |
| Moore, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Morgan, Richard T. | — | Yea |
| Morris, Amelia A. H. | — | Yea |
| Mosley, Jane H. | — | Yea |
| Nesbitt, Martin L., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Nye, Edd | — | Yea |
| Oldham, Warren C. | — | Yea |
| Owens, Jr., William C. | — | Yea |
| Pope, Art | — | Yea |
| Preston, Jean R. | — | Yea |
| Ramsey, Liston B. | — | Yea |
| Rayfield, John M. | — | Yea |
| Redwine, E. David | — | Yea |
| Rogers, Richard E. | — | Yea |
| Russell, Carolyn B. | — | Yea |
| Saunders, Drew P. | — | Yea |
| Sexton, Paul W. | — | Not Voting |
| Sherrill, Wilma M. | — | Yea |
| Starnes, Edgar V. | — | Yea |
| Sutton, Ronnie N. | — | Yea |
| Tallent, Timothy N. | — | Yea |
| Teague, W. B. | — | Yea |
| Thomas, Scott E. | — | Yea |
| Thompson, Gregory J. | — | Yea |
| Tolson, Joe | — | Yea |
| Tucker, Russell E. | — | Yea |
| Wainwright, William L. | — | Yea |
| Walend, Trudi | — | Yea |
| Warner, Alex | — | Yea |
| Warwick, Nurham O. | — | Yea |
| Wilson, Constance K. | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson, William Eugene | — | Yea |
| Womble, Larry W. | — | Yea |
| Wood, Stephen W. | — | Nay |
| Wright, Thomas E. | — | Yea |
| Yongue, Douglas Y. | — | Yea |
| D. Davis | — | Yea |
| R. Smith | — | Yea |
| Dan Blue | Democratic | Yea |
| Sarah Crawford | Democratic | Yea |
| Blair Eddins | Republican | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Edward C. Goodwin | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Julia C. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Karl E. Gillespie | Republican | Yea |
| Mitchell S. Setzer | Republican | Yea |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Carla D. Cunningham | U | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Albertson, Charles W. | — | Yea |
| Allran, Austin M. | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Jr., Frank W. | — | Yea |
| Ballantine, Patrick J. | — | Yea |
| Basnight, Marc | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Robert C. | — | Yea |
| Carrington, John | — | Yea |
| Carter, Charles | — | Yea |
| Clodfelter, Daniel G. | — | Yea |
| Cochrane, Betsy L. | — | Yea |
| Cooper Iii, Roy A. | — | Yea |
| Dalton, Walter | — | Yea |
| Dannelly, Charlie Smith | — | Yea |
| East, Don W. | — | Yea |
| Forrester, James | — | Yea |
| Foxx, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Garrou, Linda | — | Yea |
| Garwood, John A. | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Wib | — | Yea |
| Hagan, Kay | — | Yea |
| Harris, Oscar | — | Yea |
| Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. | — | Yea |
| Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. | — | Yea |
| Hoyle, David W. | — | Yea |
| Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry | — | Yea |
| Kerr, John H. | — | Yea |
| Kinnaird, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Martin, R. L. | — | Yea |
| Martin, William N. | — | Yea |
| Metcalf, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moore, Ken | — | Yea |
| Odom, T. L. | — | Yea |
| Perdue, Beverly M. | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Sr., Jim | — | Yea |
| Plyler, Aaron W. | — | Yea |
| Purcell, William R. | — | Yea |
| Rand, Anthony E. | — | Yea |
| Reeves, Eric Miller | — | Yea |
| Rucho, Robert A. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Robert G. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Larry | — | Not Voting |
| Soles, Jr., R. C. | — | Yea |
| Webster, Hugh | — | Yea |
| Weinstein, David | — | Yea |
| Wellons, Allen H. | — | Yea |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael V. Lee | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Albertson, Charles W. | — | Yea |
| Allran, Austin M. | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Jr., Frank W. | — | Yea |
| Ballantine, Patrick J. | — | Yea |
| Basnight, Marc | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Robert C. | — | Yea |
| Carrington, John | — | Yea |
| Carter, Charles | — | Yea |
| Clodfelter, Daniel G. | — | Yea |
| Cochrane, Betsy L. | — | Yea |
| Cooper Iii, Roy A. | — | Yea |
| Dalton, Walter | — | Yea |
| Dannelly, Charlie Smith | — | Yea |
| East, Don W. | — | Not Voting |
| Forrester, James | — | Yea |
| Foxx, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Garrou, Linda | — | Yea |
| Garwood, John A. | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Wib | — | Yea |
| Hagan, Kay | — | Yea |
| Harris, Oscar | — | Yea |
| Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. | — | Yea |
| Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. | — | Yea |
| Hoyle, David W. | — | Yea |
| Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry | — | Yea |
| Kerr, John H. | — | Yea |
| Kinnaird, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Martin, R. L. | — | Yea |
| Martin, William N. | — | Yea |
| Metcalf, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moore, Ken | — | Yea |
| Odom, T. L. | — | Yea |
| Perdue, Beverly M. | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Sr., Jim | — | Yea |
| Plyler, Aaron W. | — | Yea |
| Purcell, William R. | — | Yea |
| Rand, Anthony E. | — | Yea |
| Reeves, Eric Miller | — | Yea |
| Rucho, Robert A. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Robert G. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Larry | — | Yea |
| Soles, Jr., R. C. | — | Yea |
| Webster, Hugh | — | Not Voting |
| Weinstein, David | — | Yea |
| Wellons, Allen H. | — | Yea |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Michael V. Lee | Republican | Yea |
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- SB 233 is sponsored by Eddie D. Settle (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 233?
- This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
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