2024 North Carolina legislative session
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| 2024 North Carolina legislative session |
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| General information |
| Scheduled session start: April 24, 2024 Scheduled session end: July 31, 2024 |
| Leadership |
| Senate President Mark Robinson (R) House Speaker |
| Elections |
| Next Election: November 5, 2024 Last Election: November 8, 2022 |
| Previous legislative sessions |
| 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 |
| Other 2024 legislative sessions |
In 2024, the North Carolina General Assembly was scheduled to convene on April 24 and adjourn on July 31.
The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 elections. Republicans won a 30-20 majority in the Senate and a 71-49 majority in the House. Democrats controlled the governorship, creating a divided government with no state government trifecta. At the start of the 2024 session, North Carolina was one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.
Leadership in 2024
North Carolina State Senate
- Senate president: Mark Robinson (R)
- Majority leader: Paul Newton (R)
- Minority leader: Dan Blue (D)
North Carolina House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House: Timothy K. Moore (R)
- Majority leader: John Bell (R)
- Minority leader: Robert Reives (R)
Partisan control in 2024
- See also: State government trifectas
North Carolina was one of 10 divided governments where neither party had state government trifectas at the start of 2024 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.
North Carolina was also one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.
The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the North Carolina General Assembly in the 2024 legislative session.
North Carolina State Senate
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 20 | |
| Republican Party | 30 | |
| Total | 50 | |
North Carolina House of Representatives
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 48 | |
| Republican Party | 72 | |
| Total | 120 | |
Standing legislative committees
A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.
At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 62 standing committees in North Carolina's state government, including 18 state Senate committees and 44 state House committees.
Senate committees
- Agriculture, Energy and Environment Committee
- Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources Committee
- Appropriations on Department of Transportation Committee
- Appropriations on Education/Higher Education Committee
- Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology Committee
- Appropriations on Health and Human Services Committee
- Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety Committee
- Appropriations/Base Budget Committee
- Commerce and Insurance Committee
- Education/Higher Education Committee
- Finance Committee
- Health Care Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Pensions and Retirement and Aging Committee
- Redistricting and Elections Committee
- Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee
- State and Local Government Committee
- Transportation Committee
House committees
- Agriculture Committee
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee
- Appropriations Committee
- Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Committee
- Appropriations, Capital Committee
- Appropriations, Education Committee
- Appropriations, General Government Committee
- Appropriations, Health and Human Services Committee
- Appropriations, Information Technology Committee
- Appropriations, Justice and Public Safety Committee
- Appropriations, Transportation Committee
- Banking Committee
- Commerce Committee
- Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security Committee
- Education - Community Colleges Committee
- Education - K-12 Committee
- Education - Universities Committee
- Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee
- Energy and Public Utilities Committee
- Environment Committee
- Ethics Committee
- Families, Children and Aging Policy Committee
- Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs Committee
- Finance Committee
- Health Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Judiciary 1 Committee
- Judiciary 2 Committee
- Judiciary 3 Committee
- Local Government Committee
- Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development Committee
- Marine Resources and Aquaculture Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Oversight and Reform Committee
- Pensions and Retirement Committee
- Redistricting Committee
- Regulatory Reform Committee
- Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House Committee
- State Government Committee
- State Personnel Committee
- Transportation Committee
- UNC Board of Governors Nominations Committee
- Unemployment Insurance Committee
- Wildlife Resources Committee
Legislation
Enacted legislation
The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2024 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2024. This information is provided by BillTrack50.
Election administration legislation
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The table below lists 2024 election-related legislation in North Carolina. The following information is included for each bill:
- Bill number
- Official name or caption
- Most recent action date
- Legislative status
- Topics dealt with by the bill
Bills are organized by bill number. The table displays up to 100 results by default. To view additional results, use the arrows in the upper-right corner of the table. For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information.
Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.
The methods by which the North Carolina Constitution can be amended:
The North Carolina Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution—a legislative process and a state constitutional convention. North Carolina requires a simple majority vote (50% plus 1) for voters to approve constitutional amendments.
Legislature
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the North Carolina General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives and 30 votes in the North Carolina State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Convention
According to Article XIII of the North Carolina Constitution, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote vote of both chambers of state Legislature is required to place a constitutional convention question on the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voters to approve the question. Any amendments proposed by a constitutional convention also require voter approval.
Historical partisan control
The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of North Carolina.
North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Historical Senate control
Republicans won control of the North Carolina State Senate in 2010. In 2022, they won a 30-20 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the North Carolina Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
North Carolina State Senate election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 39 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 |
| Republicans | 11 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 30 |
Historical House control
Republicans won control of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2010. In 2022, they won a 71-49 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the North Carolina House following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
North Carolina House of Representatives election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 78 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 62 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 52 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 55 | 51 | 49 |
| Republicans | 42 | 68 | 61 | 54 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 52 | 67 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 65 | 69 | 71 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
| Elections | North Carolina State Government | State Legislatures | State Politics |
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