#NCGA House Calendar Apr 26, 2016

The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.

 

http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf

 

HOUSE CALENDAR 137th Legislative Day Tuesday, April 26, 2016 House Convenes at 11:00 A.M.

 

Tim Moore, Speaker

INTRODUCED BILLS

(Reminder: Members may electronically cosponsor these bills until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday)

 

HB	945	Howard and Setzer (Primary Sponsors) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICAL CHANGES.
HB	946	Jackson, Meyer, Hamilton and G. Martin (Primary Sponsors) REPEAL HB2/FUND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
HB	947	Arp ENHANCE OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS.
HB	948	Jordan AUTHORIZE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT STUDIES.
HB	949	Jordan OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARD CONTACT INFORMATION.
HB	950	Cotham TERMINATE AGREEMENT FOR TOLLING OF I-77.
HB	951	Arp CHANGE REPORT - BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION.
HB	952	Hastings HONOR OUR SERVICE ANIMALS/SHERIFF CONTRACTS.
HB	953	Goodman ORDERED FUND TRANSFER BACK TO RICHMOND COUNTY.
HB	954	Jeter, Hager and Bradford (Primary Sponsors) TERMINATE AGREEMENT FOR TOLLING OF I-77.
HB	955	Bryan, Stam, Jordan and Blackwell (Primary Sponsors) CHANGES SPECIAL EDUCATION/OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.
HB	956	McGrady and Whitmire (Primary Sponsors) HENDERSON COUNTY/COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECTS.
HB	957	McGrady and Whitmire (Primary Sponsors) HENDERSONVILLE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
HB	958	Pittman, Fraley, Ford and J. Bell (Primary Sponsors) FELONY DEATH IMPAIRED BOATING/SHEYENNE'S LAW.
HB	959	Iler and Torbett (Primary Sponsors) DOT PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
HB	960	R. Turner RETIREMENT CREDITABLE SERVICE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

 

 

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

 

(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building - Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)

 

Wednesday, April 27	Room	Time
APPROPRIATIONS -- CORRECTED	643	9:00 am

 

2016 House Request/Filing Deadlines

 

Drafts	To Bill Drafting By 4:00 PM	Filed  By 4:00 PM
Bills recommended by Study commissions	Tuesday, April 26	Tuesday, May 10
Bills directly and primarily affecting 2016-2017 Budget	Wednesday, April 27	Tuesday, May 10
Local Bills	Tuesday, May 3	Thursday, May 19
Bills primarily affecting State or local retirement systems	Tuesday, May 3	Thursday, May 19

 

 

Eligible to file in 2016 but no deadlines:

 

1.   Bills amending the North Carolina Constitution.
2.   Appointments to/confirmation of members of State Boards/commissions.
3.   Resolutions not prohibited by House or Senate Rules.
4.   Joint resolutions authorizing other bills and those bills if resolution passes by

  two-thirds vote in each chamber.

5.   Election law bills.
6.   Redistricting bills for House, Senate, and Congress.
7.   Bills responding to litigation related to House, Senate and Congressional

  districts.

8.   Bills responding to actions related to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
9.   Bills to disapprove Administrative Rules.
10. Adjournment resolution sine die.

 

Otherwise eligible for consideration

(1)  Bills that made cross-over.

(2)  Veto overrides.

 

                                                        Denise G. Weeks

                                                        Principal Clerk

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE HELD - NORTH CAROLINA NAACP WANTS HOUSE BILL 2 REPEALE

Saturday, April 9. PRESS CONFERENCE HELD - NORTH CAROLINA NAACP WANTS HOUSE BILL 2 REPEALED

Raleigh, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina NAACP called Saturday for House Bill 2 to be repealed — and soon.

"We are the laughing stock of the whole nation," said Rev. William J. Barber, II, NC NAACP President.

Barber says the nation is watching to see what the state will do. He refers to House Bill 2 by a different name. "Hate Bill Two," he said. "We cannot be silent in the face of this."

The law requires bathrooms and changing facilities at government buildings be used according to biological sex. It also details discrimination protections…but does not include language related to sexual orientation or gender identity.

"This is not about bathrooms in North Carolina," said Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Sacred Souls Community Church in Charlotte. "It's about money and votes," she added.

Republican lawmakers that we've spoken with this week say the law is a common sense safety measure for North Carolina.

"State lawmakers are committed to protecting our young people, the interests of all of our young people," said Rep. Nelson Dollar, (R) Wake County.

They also say Charlotte's City Council overstepped its authority in creating its non-discrimination ordinance.

"If this had not started there, then it would not have been laid in our lap," said Rep. Julia Howard, (R) Davie County, one the bill's sponsors.

Opponents to the law disagree.

"We as citizens have got to stop this madness," said Rawls.

The NAACP is calling on state lawmakers to repeal House Bill Two by April 21, before lawmakers return to session. If they don't, the NAACP says expect a number of sit-in demonstrations to happen at the General Assembly.

http://wncn.com/2016/04/09/nc-naacp-wants-house-bill-2-repealed/
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#NCGA Senate Calendar Mar 23, 2016

The Senate Calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly's website.

 

http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentSenateCalendar.pdf

 

 

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

2015 SESSION

SECOND EXTRA SESSION 2016

 

SENATE CALENDAR

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

 

Senate Convenes - 10:00 a.m.	Legislative Day 1

 

CALL TO ORDER	Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President
PRAYER	The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PROCLAMATION

CALL OF THE ROLL

ADOPTION OF RULES

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

INTRODUCTIONS

GENERAL ORDERS

 

 

SARAH LANG Principal Clerk

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#NCGA Calendar Mar 23, 2016

The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.

 

http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf

 

HOUSE CALENDAR Second Extra Session 1st Legislative Day Wednesday, March 23, 2016 House Convenes at 10:00 A.M.

 

Tim Moore, Speaker

 

 

CALENDAR

 

Call to Order                                                                                                                                                                           

 

Prayer                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

 

Joint Proclamation 

 

 

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

 

(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building - Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)

 

Wednesday, March 23	Room	Time
SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- CANCELLED	424	9:30 am
SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PRACTICES -- CANCELLED	415	2:00 pm
SELECT COMMITTEE ON STEP THERAPY -- CORRECTED	544	12:30 pm

 

Thursday, March 24	Room	Time
SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PRACTICES	415	9:30 am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services/Statewide Early Education & Family Support Program Committee will meetWednesday, March, 23, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 544 of the Legislative Office Building -- CANCELLED.

 

The Committee on Savings Reserve Account (LRC)(2015) -- CANCELLED.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                Denise G. Weeks

                                                                                                                                                                                                Principal Clerk

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2015  CONTACT: John Stean—Media & Communications Coordinator, NC NAACP at  john.stean@naacpnc.org, or 919-682-4700 Ext. 230 Federal Judge Denies North Carolina Officials'  Motion to Dismiss Photo ID Claim in  Monster Voter Suppression Lawsuit   WINSTON-SALEM, NC – A federal judge today denied a request to dismiss a legal challenge to North Carolina's photo ID provision of the monster voter suppression law, H.B. 589. Presiding over the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Judge Thomas D. Schroeder today declined to affirm the state's position that the photo ID portion of the law was moot, stating there is declarative relief and remedies potentially available if the plaintiffs prove the law disproportionately and adversely impacts African American and Latino voters. The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their last minute maneuver to the law, passed on the eve of the July 2015 full trial on the merits of the case, made moot the claim against the requirement voters show strict photo ID in order to vote. In refusing to dismiss the state's motion, the photo ID provision of the law will now go to trial in January 2016. The challenge to H.B. 589 – including the photo ID provision – was brought by the national racial justice organization Advancement Project, the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and attorneys Irving Joyner and Adam Stein on behalf of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual plaintiffs. The groups released the following statement in response: "We are pleased with Judge Schroeder's decision to deny the state's motion to dismiss the photo ID provision of the law," said Attorney Irving Joyner. "We remain concerned about the abbreviated timetable to prepare for trial, a timetable that exists solely because of the gamesmenship of the North Carolina General Assembly who waited until the dawn of trial to slightly amend its discriminatory photo ID requirement. Even with the changes, and after nearly two years of telling voters they would need the narrowly prescribed photo ID to vote, North Carolina officials have yet to articulate their strategy for educating the public, poll workers and other state officials on what is needed to vote. As a result, the people of North Carolina are left in legislative-limbo by not knowing the rules for voting as well as the options available ahead of a March 2016 primary and the general election." "North Carolina's voter ID requirement remains an undue and unlawful burden on voters of color," said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. "Yet Gov. McCrory and the legislature continue striving to suppress the vote. Their desperate attempt to mask the discrimination embedded in this law by altering – yet not removing – the photo identification requirement on the eve of our trial shows that they knew it would not withstand the weight of constitutional review. They wanted the photo ID provision of the law dismissed because they don't want the court to focus on their discriminatory intent to deny and abridge African American & Latino voters' right to vote." "Any practice that results in African Americans and Latinos having less access to the vote than other members of the electorate is a violation of the Voting Rights Act," said Advancement Project Co-Director Penda D. Hair. "North Carolina's photo ID requirement does just that. Just as poll taxes and literacy tests are illegal under Section 2, photo ID requirements create unfair barriers to voters of color, who are less likely to have one of the narrowly prescribed and acceptable forms of ID." "Even with the much touted amendments to the law, voters of color will continue to be disproportionately burdened," said Attorney Daniel Donovan of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. "This is a violation not only of the constitution, but also of commonly held values of fairness and freedom to participate fully in our nation's democracy. Elections should be free, fair and accessible to all, and we look forward to arguing these and other points during trial next year."  "We are gratified Judge Schroeder recognized the challenges inherent in the photo ID provision, and decided against dismissing the photo claim," said Advancement Project Senior Attorney Denise Lieberman. "As long as photo ID is on the books, it will have a chilling and discriminatory impact on African Americans and Latinos." While the trial on the other provisions of H.B. 589 was held in July 2015, a decision in that portion of the case is pending. North Carolina NAACP · PO Box 335, Durham, NC 27702, United States

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