Bill Summaries: S1 (2016 Extra Session 2)

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  • Summary date: Mar 23 2016 - View summary

    Adopts the permanent rules of the 2015 Regular Session as the rules governing the 2016 Second Extra Session with the following changes: (1) limits the standing committees to Judiciary II and Rules and Operations of the Senate, both of which are comprised of the members appointed to those committees during the 2015 Regular Session; (2) sets out requirements for introduced bills, including setting out allowable content for resolutions and limiting introduction and consideration of bills and amendments to those that provide for single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities and to create statewide consistency in regulation of employment and public accommodations; (3) sets out the process governing first reading and referral of bills to committee; (4) requires all bills reported by committee to be given second reading and immediate consideration upon passage; (5) provides that committee amendments or committee substitutes that are recommended by committee are considered adopted when the committee report is read and any amended bill or resolution or adopted committee substitute may be placed on the calendar for the same legislative day and the original bill or resolution will lie on the table; (6) requires a bill that passes second reading to be placed on the calendar for immediate consideration on its third reading unless it is prohibited by the North Carolina Constitution; and (7) allows same day concurrence with House amendments to and committee substitute for Senate bills.