SR 1 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Senate Permanent Rules.

This bill adopts the permanent procedural rules for the North Carolina Senate during the 2025 legislative session. It establishes how the Senate operates, including requirements for quorum (a majority of members), session order (e.g., committee reports before bill introductions), debate conduct, voting procedures, and emergency convening rules. These rules directly affect all senators, committee staff, and legislative officers during the session. The rules cover core Senate functions like handling bills, managing debate, and resolving procedural disputes, without creating new policy or affecting the public.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

Edition 1 Adopted · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill amends Senate Rule 4 regarding convening procedures when the Senate President and President Pro Tempore are absent, adding a new chain of succession that includes the Deputy President Pro Tempore, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations, and the Principal Clerk. The changes also include formatting updates to the resolution header and version numbering.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same, but the procedural rules for Senate leadership succession were expanded to include additional officers in the line of succession.
REQUIREMENT

Added Deputy President Pro Tempore to the succession line for presiding over the Senate when the President and President Pro Tempore are absent.

Added Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations as an additional officer who can call the Senate to order if no other designated member is available.

TECHNICAL

Updated resolution version number from S1-v-1 to S1-v-2 and added adoption date of 1/8/25.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 8, 2025

How they voted

510
Passed
Total votes 51
Jan 8, 2025
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican31
31 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Jan 8, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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