NC Legislative Newsletter

In addition to another busy week of committee hearings and bill filings, additional milestones were announced the week of February 20-24: Governor Roy Cooper has been invited by lawmakers to give his State of the State Address on March 6, and Speaker Tim Moore pointed to April 6 as the goal for the NC House of Representatives to pass their version of the 2023-24 State Budget.

In the upcoming week, lawmakers will continue their appropriations hearings and committee work. Bill filing will continue as well.

Issue Insights

Governor Roy Cooper / North Carolina General Assembly

• House Joint Resolution 157 has been filed that invites Governor Cooper to address a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the Hall of the House of Representatives at 7:00 P.M. on March 6, 2023
• House Joint Resolution 175 has been filed to confirm Governor Cooper’s appointment of Edwin G. Wilson, Jr. as a Special Superior Court Judge
• On Thursday [February 23], House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters that the House expects to pass its version of the budget the Thursday before Easter, which would be on April 6. Easter is April 9, and the House and Senate have agreed to take a spring break the week of April 10 (Charlotte Observer)

News Roundup

• Jim Broyhill, a longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy before losing a bid to keep the job, died early Saturday [February 18] at age 95 (AP News)
• Aimee Wall named dean of the School of Government (Press Release)
• Judge Julee Flood Formally Invested as Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (NC Courts)
• The North Carolina court system’s top administrator is stepping down soon to join a law firm, and his top deputy will succeed him (AP News)
• Wake County School Board begins recruiting process for new superintendent (WTVD)
• The U.S. Forest Service Feb. 17 announced the revised version of a management plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah forests has been finalized and is live on its website (Asheville Citizen Times)
• The Stadium Series outdoor game was a financial success for the NHL, Carolina Hurricanes and N.C. State (Raleigh News & Observer)
• UNC System continues its tuition freeze for 7th year in new state budget request (North Carolina Public Radio)
• Here’s how much UNC and NC State tuition costs in 2023-24 (Charlotte Business Journal)
• The Commerce Department is creating guidelines for how it intends to dole out hundreds of millions of dollars in initial grant money for the Recompete Pilot Program and the Tech Hubs grant programs (Charlotte Business Journal)
• The North Carolina Zoo announced Thursday that its new male lion, Haji, has arrived (WNCN)