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Bill Summary · SJR 772

Summary — SJR 772 (Adjournment Resolution) — Ratified (Resolution 2025‑8)

Sponsor: Senator Rabon
Status: Ratified (Ch. Res. 2025‑8) — Ratified July 30, 2025; Ordered Enrolled July 29, 2025

Purpose

SJR 772 is a joint resolution adjourning the 2025 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly to specific future dates and restricting what legislative business may be considered when the General Assembly reconvenes on those dates. Its intent is to set a calendar of short recesses while preserving the ability to complete limited, specified items of business.

Key provisions / schedule

  • Adjournments and scheduled reconvenings (ratified text):

    • When the General Assembly adjourns on Thursday, July 31, 2025 → reconvene Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
    • When adjourned on Thursday, August 28, 2025 → reconvene Monday, September 22, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
    • When adjourned on Thursday, September 25, 2025 → reconvene Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
    • When adjourned on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 → reconvene Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
    • (The resolution authorizes further short adjournments and provides a mechanism to adjourn sine die.)

  • Limits on matters that may be considered at each reconvening. Generally, only the following are allowed:

    1. Governor‑returned bills with objections (vetoes) — limited to reconsideration for the purpose of attempting an override.
    2. Bills limited to one or more narrowly defined subjects:
      • Selections, appointments, confirmations (including filling certain vacancies tied to legislative elections and leadership recommendations).
      • Actions on gubernatorial nominations/appointments.
      • Actions related to litigation challenging the legality of legislative enactments.
      • Matters relating to election laws and districting (Congressional, State House, State Senate, judicial, municipal, county, etc.).
      • Impeachment proceedings under the State Constitution or statutes.
      • (In later adjournments per the committee substitute / ratified version) Bills/resolutions introduced in 2025 that already passed third reading in the originating house and were timely received in the other house (and not otherwise disposed) or items not subject to certain procedural deadlines.
    3. Simple resolutions addressing internal organizational matters of each house.
    4. Adoption of conference reports for certain bills (e.g., disaster recovery) where conferees were appointed by the July 31, 2025 cutoff.
    5. Concurrence on bills previously returned to the originating house by the other house by the July 31, 2025 cutoff.
    6. A joint resolution to further adjourn the Regular Session, amend such an adjournment resolution, or adjourn sine die.

Who is affected

  • Members of the General Assembly: procedural constraints on when new substantive bills can be considered.
  • Governor: preserves veto‑override opportunities and limits new legislative action outside the allowed categories.
  • State agencies, local governments, private stakeholders: pending or new legislative proposals not fitting the listed exceptions will be delayed until the session fully reconvenes or until the Legislature takes further action.
  • Parties to litigation and candidates/officials affected by election/districting matters: preserves timely legislative ability to address litigation and election/districting actions.

Procedural notes

  • A House Committee Substitute was adopted during floor and committee action expanding certain exceptions (procedural rule‑based exceptions for bills that had already passed procedural milestones).
  • Legislative actions show rapid progression: filed June 26, 2025; multiple readings and committee actions in late June–July; concurred in House Committee Substitute and ratified July 29–30, 2025.

Effect

SJR 772 imposes a controlled recess schedule for the 2025 Regular Session and tightly limits legislative business at reconvenings to a short list of specified categories — effectively pausing the introduction or passage of new substantive bills outside those categories during the adjourned periods.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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