NC General Assembly 02-07-2013

**update** Scroll to the bottom of this post to see bill actions by chamber.

If I cover today's sessions, I will embed the audio here at the top of this post.



The current session of the North Carolina General Assembly is underway. Both NC Senate and NC House will be in session today, as well as rules committees of both houses, details of which are posted below.

The NC General assembly has also introduced a new feature called the Chamber Dashboard that allows citizens to follow what is going on in the chambers in real time. So, instead of having to refer back and forth to the PDF from their website, they will be posting the info on screen for you. This will greatly simplify following the action while the General Assembly is in session!

Access to the Senate Chamber is via the top left tab and the House Chamber is via a tab on the upper right. Now, all they need to do is add tabs to access the live audio on the same page and add live video streams...and we'll really be able to watch over the shoulders of our legislators as they go about our business.


If you cannot listen to these meetings live, check back later to see if I have. If I have, I'll post the audio (and a download link) for the meeting in the calendar. You can also follow what is happening in the NC General Assembly by keeping an eye on the hashtag #ncga on Twitter.

If I haven't been able to listen, please check Voter Radio. You should already be subscribing to their podcasts anyway. I do. ʘ‿ʘ



Here is the legislative calendar...

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10:00 AM	Session Convenes (House)	House
11:30 AM	Session Convenes (Senate)	Senate
15 MINUTES AFTER SESSION	CORRECTED -- Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs (House)	421 LOB
12:45 PM	Leg Black Caucus Exec. Committee	1124/1224 LB

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Bills with Senate Actions on 02/07/2013

Total Bill Actions: 24

Bill	Short Title	Action	Date	Action Text
S10	Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act.	S	02/07/2013	Amend Adopted A5
		S	02/07/2013	Amend Adopted A6
		S	02/07/2013	Passed 3rd Reading
		S	02/07/2013	Engrossed
S14	Increase Access To Career/Technical Ed.	S	02/07/2013	Passed 2nd Reading
		S	02/07/2013	Passed 3rd Reading
S60	The Opossum Right-to-Work Act.	S	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		S	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S61	Nuclear Security Guards No Liability.	S	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		S	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Judiciary II
S62	42nd Senatorial District Local Act-1.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S63	ABC Permit for Dessert Bar.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S64	IRC Update.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S65	18th Senatorial District Local Act-1.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S66	Ag. Ed./FFA Day in North Carolina.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S67	31st Senatorial District Local Act-1.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S68	Arts Education as a Graduation Requirement.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S69	Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Plate.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S70	Kilah's Law/Increase Child Abuse Penalties.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S71	Amend Irrigation Contractors Licensing Laws.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S72	Amend UCC Article 4A/Funds Transfers.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S73	Local Workforce Dev./Dislocated Workers.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S74	Board of Law Examiners/Update Expense Law.	S	02/07/2013	Filed
S75	Onslow Public-Private Partnership.	S	02/07/2013	Filed

Total Bills with Actions: 18

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Bills with House Actions on 02/07/2013

Total Bill Actions: 31

Bill	Short Title	Action	Date	Action Text
H8	Eminent Domain.	H	02/07/2013	Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
H19	Respect our Fallen Heroes.	H	02/07/2013	Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
H25	Amend Felony Breaking or Entering.	H	02/07/2013	Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
H29	Methamphetamine/Offense/Penalties.	H	02/07/2013	Withdrawn From Cal
		H	02/07/2013	Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services
H64	Honor Legislative Bldg's 50th Anniversary.	H	02/07/2013	Ratified
		H	02/07/2013	Ch. Res 2013-2
H66	Captivity License and Permit Amendments.-AB	H	02/07/2013	Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
H73	Funds for Warren County Free Clinic, Inc.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Appropriations
H74	Periodic Review and Expiration of Rules.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform
H75	Kilah's Law/Increase Child Abuse Penalties.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Appropriations
H76	Authorize Various Special Plates.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Finance
H77	Board of Law Examiners/Update Expense Law.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Finance
H78	Amend UCC Article 4A/Funds Transfers.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A
H80	UNC BOG Vacancy Nomination.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H81	Election to UNC Board of Governors.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H82	Internal Revenue Code Update.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H83	Enact CON Committee Recommendations.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H84	Enact Medical Cannabis Act.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H85	Ag. Ed./FFA Day in North Carolina.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H86	Restore Wallace to Wilmington Railroad.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
H87	Lenoir County Local Option Sales Tax.	H	02/07/2013	Filed
S4	No N.C. Exchange/No Medicaid Expansion.	H	02/07/2013	Passed 1st Reading
		H	02/07/2013	Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Appropriations
S47	State of the State speech.	H	02/07/2013	Rec From Senate

Total Bills with Actions: 22