NC Legislative Newsletter

The week of February 6-10 saw another busy week of bill filings and committee work. Lawmakers sitting on appropriations subcommittees began their introductory meetings on the programs, agencies, and departments within their jurisdictions.

In the upcoming week, the Fiscal Research Division (NC General Assembly) and Office of State Budget and Management (Governor’s office) will issue a revised revenue forecast.

Issue Insights

NC Governor / General Assembly

• The House and Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 31, confirming Nels Roseland to the Office of State Controller for a term expiring June 30, 2029 (Resolution 2023-2)
• The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 32, confirming Todd Ishee as Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction (Senate Resolution 32)
• Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments and nominations (Press Release)
• Governor Cooper has appointed the Honorable Judge Shamieka Rhinehart to serve as Superior Court Judge in Judicial District 14A, serving part of Durham County (Press Release)

NC Courts

• The Supreme Court of North Carolina has added a new rule to the General Rules of Practice for the Superior and District Courts. New Rule 29, “Definition of ‘Seal,’” is in furtherance of the Judicial Branch’s eCourts initiative and is effective on 13 February 2023 (NC Courts)
• Judge Allison Riggs Formally Invested as Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (NC Courts)
• N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts Updates and Adopts Forms to Facilitate Remote Criminal Proceedings (NC Courts)

News Roundup

• Full Text of President Biden’s State of the Union Address (The Wall Street Journal)
• Former N.C. Sen. Jerry Tillman, a longtime Randolph County educator who later went on to serve in the State Senate, has died (The Pilot)
• Longtime Mecklenburg County Judge Shirley Fulton, the first Black woman to win a Superior Court seat in North Carolina, died Wednesday morning (Raleigh News & Observer)
• Phyllis Portie-Ascott, the current first vice chair of the Orange County Democratic Party, will replace former Commissioner Renee Price, who left the board in December after winning the state House District 50 election (Raleigh News & Observer)
• Former Sen. Richard Burr has joined DLA Piper as a principal policy adviser and chair of the Health Policy Strategic Consulting Practice (Raleigh News & Observer)
• NC teachers continue to lead nation in National Board Certification (The Robesonian)