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House committee reports send dozens of bills to committees and calendars
Summary
The North Carolina House received committee reports Friday that referred dozens of bills on topics from veterans’ benefits and school safety to environmental studies to various committees and calendars; no final floor votes were recorded on those measures.
The North Carolina House of Representatives received committee reports Friday that moved dozens of bills to committee consideration and placed many on upcoming calendars, the chamber’s clerk announced.
The scheduling matters, announced during a committee-report block, included measures described in the clerk’s reading as touching veterans’ education, school safety, environmental studies, building codes, childcare reforms and more. Representative Zenger Bridal presented the housing and development committee report and the clerk read a series of bills and their referrals.
Why it matters: referral and calendar placement determine when and where bills receive further committee review, hearings or a vote on the floor. For many measures in the report, referral to rules, finance, appropriations or subject-matter committees is the next formal step.
Selected items read into the record included House Bill 298 (local government system development fees), House Bill 535 (Tide Fraud Prevention Act), House Bill 126 (revised voluntary agricultural district laws), House Bill 661 (building industry efficiency act), House Bill 69 (Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act) and House Bill 211 (Kelsey Smith Act). The clerk also read scores of other House bills with sponsors and referral designations; many were placed on calendars for Tuesday or Wednesday or referred to committees including Rules, Finance, Judiciary and Appropriations.
The clerk also reported messages received from the Senate, including a message on Senate Bill 171 (access to mental health services for master's-level psychologists), Senate Bill 205 (clarifying scope of swimming pool exemptions and amending provisions of GS 130A-280 as read in the message) and Senate Bill 474 (creating a Division of Accountability, Value and Efficiency within the Department of State Auditor). The clerk recorded those Senate messages as received and referred them to rules or other specified committees.
No floor debate or final passage on the listed bills was recorded during the session excerpted in the transcript. The announcements set the procedural path for committees to schedule hearings, consider committee substitutes, or advance measures to future calendars.
A fuller list of bills and referral destinations was read into the record by the clerk during the committee-report period.
