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 American independence" special plate, referred to Transportation and, if favorable, Finance and Rules; House Bill 467 (Greenfield, A. Jones, T. Brown, Crawford) — low-income housing tax credit reenactment, referred to Rules; House Bill 468 (Neely, Cawtham, Chester, Campbell) — kratom regulation, referred to Agriculture and Environment and, if favorable, Finance and Rules; House Bill 469 (B. Jones, K. Hall, McNeely, Sheetzelt) — restoring rivalries act, referred to Higher Education, State and Local Government, Appropriations and Rules; House Bill 470 (Echeverria, Kidwell, Biggs, Honeycutt) — Second Amendment protection act, referred to Rules; House Bill 471 (Gillespie, Penny, Loftus, Honeycutt) — Food Labeling Transparency Act, referred to Health and, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, Agriculture and Environment, and Rules; House Bill 472 (Branson, Loftus, Sheetsalt, Hawkins) — commercial vehicle and cargo protection, referred to Transportation and, if favorable, Judiciary and Rules.

Several bills addressing reproductive issues were read: House Bill 473 (Helfrich, Conn, Pittman, Prather) — right to IVF, referred to Rules; House Bill 474 (Helfrich, Prather, Greenfield, T. Brown) — right to use contraception, referred to Rules. Other legislative items included House Bill 475 (Pickett, Budd, Biggs) — state ID cards for high school students, referred to Transportation, State and Local Government, Finance, and Rules; House Bill 476 and 477 (Carson Smith, Wheatley and others) — technical corrections and retirement/death-benefit agency bills, referred to Pensions and Retirement and Judiciary and Rules; House Bill 478 (Baucom, Stevens, K. Hall, Biggs) — modify appointment process for district attorney vacancies, referred to Judiciary, Election Law, State and Local Government, and Rules.

The clerk also announced additional bills and calendar placements through the end of the reading, including measures calendared for Tuesday or Wednesday consideration across a range of topics from higher education and local government to criminal law updates and controlled-substances revisions.

Separately, the chair reported a procedural motion affecting a committee referral: the chair withdrew amendments to House Bill 2407 from the Committee on Rules and recommitted the item to the Committee on Energy (as announced for order). The clerk's reading reflected the motion as entered on the floor.

Before adjournment, Representative Clappey moved that the House "do now adjourn to reconvene Tuesday, 03/25/2025 at 11AM, subject to the standards and stipulations set forth in Rule 15.1." Representative White seconded the motion. The speaker called the question; the clerk announced, "the ayes have it and the house is adjourned."

Votes at a glance

- Motion to approve the March 20 journal: moved by Representative Clampett; outcome — approved (voice vote announced as "the ayes have it"). - Motion to adjourn and reconvene March 25, 2025, at 11 a.m.: moved by Representative Clappey, seconded by Representative White; outcome — approved (voice vote announced as "the ayes have it"). - Committee referral action: Chair motion to withdraw amendments and recommit House Bill 2407 from Rules to the Committee on Energy; outcome — as announced on the floor (recommitted). No recorded roll-call tallies were taken in the transcript excerpts provided.

Why this matters

The bill introductions set the House's agenda by placing new measures into committee pipelines where policy review, hearings and amendments occur; calendar placements indicate which measures may be considered on the floor in the coming days. The procedural adjournment sets the next floor session date and preserves Rule 15.1 stipulations cited on the floor.

What’s not in the record

The transcript excerpt provided is a floor reading and referral log; it does not include committee debate, bill text beyond titles, fiscal notes or roll-call vote tallies for the items introduced. Where the clerk listed multiple committees "if favorable," the transcript does not include committee reports, and no committee action or bill content beyond the titles and sponsors was provided in the excerpt.