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Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, North Carolina State Senate
The Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee is a standing committee of the North Carolina State Senate.[1]
Per Section 31 of the Senate Rules, committees of the North Carolina State Senate are assigned by the president pro tempore. The rules do not specify when or how often committees are assigned, but they do give the president pro tempore the power to appoint the chair and vice chair of each standing committee.[2] The president pro tempore and deputy president pro tempore, as a function of their offices, also get to sit on each standing committee and subcommittee.[3]
See rules: Senate Resolution 1
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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Floyd McKissick (D) left this committee on January 07, 2020.
Jerry W. Tillman (R) left this committee on June 30, 2020.
Andy Wells (R) left this committee on July 27, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Rules and Operations of the Senate Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (15) | |||
| • Dan Blue Jr. | • William Rabon, Chair | |||
| • Ben Clark | • Chad Barefoot | |||
| • Joel Ford | • Andrew Brock | |||
| • Paul Lowe | • Harry Brown | |||
| • Floyd McKissick | • Warren Daniel | |||
| • Terry Van Duyn | • Kathryn Harrington | |||
| • Ralph Hise | ||||
| • Brent Jackson | ||||
| • Michael V. Lee | ||||
| • Wesley Meredith | ||||
| • Louis Pate | ||||
| • Shirley Randleman | ||||
| • Jerry W. Tillman | ||||
| • Tommy Tucker | ||||
| • Trudy Wade | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Rules and Operations of the Senate Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Dan Blue | • Tom Apodaca, Chairman | |||
| • Ben Clark | • Tommy Tucker, Vice Chairman | |||
| • Joel Ford | • Chad Barefoot | |||
| • Floyd McKissick | • Andrew C. Brock | |||
| • Josh Stein | • Harry Brown | |||
| • Kathryn Harrington | ||||
| • Ralph Hise | ||||
| • Brent Jackson | ||||
| • Wesley Meredith | ||||
| • E.S. "Buck" Newton | ||||
| • William Rabon | ||||
| • Trudy Wade | ||||
2013-2014
| Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (11) | |||
| • Daniel Blue, Jr. | • Tom Apodaca, Chair | |||
| • Ben Clark | • Peter S. Brunstetter, Vice chair | |||
| • Clark Jenkins | • Chad Barefoot | |||
| • Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. | • Andrew C. Brock | |||
| • Josh Stein | • Harry Brown | |||
| • Kathy Harrington | ||||
| • Ralph Hise | ||||
| • Brent Jackson | ||||
| • Wesley Meredith | ||||
| • E. S. (Buck) Newton | ||||
| • Bill Rabon | ||||
2011 Session
| Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Daniel Blue, Jr. | • Tom Apodaca, Chair | |||
| • Linda Garrou | • Peter S. Brunstetter, Vice Chair | |||
| • Eleanor Kinnaird | • Brent Jackson, Vice Chair | |||
| • Eric Mansfield | • Andrew C. Brock | |||
| • Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. | • Harry Brown | |||
| • Josh Stein | • Kathryn Harrington | |||
| • Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. | ||||
| • Wesley Meredith | ||||
| • E. S. (Buck) Newton | ||||
| • Jean Preston | ||||
Issues
Voting Rights Bill
Committee Chair Tom Apodaca moved an "omnibus voting rights bill" to the North Carolina State Senate. Included in the bill were the removal of the state's early voting period, Sunday voting, and same-day registration provisions. Some critics of the bill said it will hurt Democrats, who cast nearly 50% more early voting ballots than Republicans in 2012, and African-Americans, who accounted for almost 30% of all early voting in 2012. Apodaca, however, stated his belief that the law would improve the integrity of the voting process. Because of the Supreme Court's action on the Voting Rights Ac, the state would not require U.S. Department of Justice approval before the bill is signed into law.[4][5]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ North Carolina State Legislature, "Senate Resolution 1," accessed February 25, 2021 (Rule 32)
- ↑ North Carolina State Legislature, "Senate Resolution 1," accessed February 25, 2021 (Rule 31)
- ↑ North Carolina State Legislature, "Senate Resolution 1," accessed February 25, 2021 (Rule 34(b))
- ↑ slate.com, "North Carolina's Coming Voter Law Apocalypse," July 2, 2013
- ↑ latimes.com, "In North Carolina, voting procedure changes loom," June 29, 2013
