North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 36 — China Grove Even Year Elections.

Last action — Withdrawn From Com

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 30, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 28% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the updated version of Senate Bill 36, the reference to "FILED SENATE" and other related details have been removed, while a new session heading has been added to clarify the bill's introduction in the General Assembly of North Carolina. This change seems aimed at streamlining the bill's presentation and making it easier to follow its progress. The adjustments help ensure that the bill adheres to the format and standards expected in legislative documents, which is important for clarity and transparency in the legislative process.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 36 Elections Committee Substitute Adopted 3/18/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 36 Short Title:
Senator Ford (Primary Sponsor).
February 3, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF CHINA GROVE SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate February 3, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF CHINA GROVE SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS.
SECTION 1.(a) Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of China Grove, being S.L.
SECTION1.(a) ArticleIIIoftheCharteroftheTownofChinaGrove,beingChapter 42 of the 2002 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
2002-42, read as rewritten:
"ARTICLE III.
ELECTIONS.
Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general election in each odd-numbered year.
Regular municipal elections shall be held in each odd-numbered even-numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina.
even-numbered year.
Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis and the results determined using the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S.
Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina.
Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan pluralitybasis and the results determined using the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S.
Two Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal election in 2003 to four-year terms and quadrennially thereafter.
Two Three Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal election in 2003 2026 to four-year terms and quadrennially thereafter.
Three Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal election in 2005 to four-year terms and quadrennially thereafter.for staggered four-year terms.
Three Two Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal election in 2005 2028 to four-year terms and quadrennially thereafter.
A Mayor shall be elected in the regular municipal election in 2003 and quadrennially thereafter.for a four-year term." SECTION 1.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of China Grove in 2025.
A Mayor shall be elected in the regular municipal election in 2003 2028 to a four-year term and quadrennially thereafter.
…." SECTION 1.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of China Grove in 2025.
The terms of office of the two Aldermen and the Mayor serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expirein2027areextendedbyone year.Regular municipalelectionsin theTownofChinaGrove shall resume in even-numbered years beginning in 2026 with the same staggering of terms as when elections were conducted in the odd-numbered years.
The terms of the two Aldermen and the Mayor serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2027 are extended by one year.
Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of China Grove in even-numbered years beginning in 2026 and biennially thereafter.
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Action History

  1. Withdrawn From Com

  2. Re-ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  3. Passed 1st Reading

  4. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  5. Regular Message Sent To House

  6. Regular Message Received From Senate

  7. Passed 2nd Reading

  8. Passed 3rd Reading

  9. Withdrawn From Cal

  10. Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025

  11. Reptd Fav

  12. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  13. Com Substitute Adopted

  14. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  15. Passed 1st Reading

  16. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  17. Withdrawn From Com

  18. Re-ref to Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  19. Filed

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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SB 36 is sponsored by Carl Ford (Republican).
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