North Carolina House reads dozens of bills, approves journal and adjourns to reconvene March 25

The North Carolina House of Representatives read into the record a series of bill introductions and committee referrals and approved routine business before adjourning to reconvene Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 11 a.m.

Representative Clampett moved to approve the House journal for March 20, saying the journal "has been examined and found to be correct; I move that it be approved as written." The membership responded, and the clerk announced the journal was approved.

The session then proceeded to introductions. The clerk read the titles and sponsors of many House bills and noted committee referrals and, where applicable, calendars. Bills announced included measures on specialty license plates, low-income housing tax credits, kratom regulation, reproductive-rights topics, technical corrections to state agency statutes, retirement and death-benefit revisions, district attorney appointment procedures, food labeling, commercial vehicle protection, high school IDs, and updates to controlled-substances law, among others. Each bill reading included the bill number, the listed primary sponsors and the committee(s) to which it was referred; several bills were also placed on the calendar for upcoming floor consideration.

Notable items read into the record (sponsors and committee referrals as announced): House Bill 466 (sponsors: Pierce, Branson, Cotham, Miller) — "birthplace of…