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House adopts rule change to update committee structure; leadership announces committee chair assignments
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Summary
The North Carolina House adopted House Resolution 19 to amend temporary rules enabling a new committee structure; the adoption passed on a recorded vote of 95-21. Leadership then announced chair and vice-chair assignments across standing committees.
The North Carolina House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 19 to amend the chamber's temporary rules and enable a restructured committee slate. Representative Bell moved to suspend rules 58 and 31 and place the resolution on the calendar for immediate consideration; the resolution passed on a recorded vote of 95 in favor and 21 opposed.
The change was described on the floor as necessary to put the new committee structure in place so the House could proceed with appointments and business. Representative Bell told members the amendment simply implements the new committee assignments and invited questions; none were offered on the floor prior to the vote.
Following adoption of the resolution, the speaker announced appointments for committee chairmanships and vice chairs across the chamber's standing committees. Leadership listed chairs and senior chairs for Appropriations subcommittees, Judiciary panels, Education committees, Transportation, Finance, and others. Examples of announced chair assignments included Jimmy Dixon as senior chair for Appropriations: Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources; Carl Gillespie as Appropriations chair; Trisha Cotham and David Willis listed as Appropriations: Education chairs; Ted Davis as Appropriations: Justice and Public Safety chair; and Steve Tyson among those named to a transportation leadership slate.
Why it matters: Amending temporary rules and appointing committee chairs determines where bills will be referred and which members will lead policy review in the session's early weeks. The recorded vote provides an explicit roll-call for the rule change.
Details and context: On the motion to adopt HR19, the House clerk recorded 95 affirmative and 21 negative votes. The resolution was ordered printed. After the rule change, the chamber read an extensive list of committee chair and vice-chair assignments into the record and asked appointed members to approach the well to receive gavels. The clerk said full committee membership would be read and posted to the website upon adjournment.