Adjournment Resolution Changes.

2025-2026 Session Introduced by Carl Ford and 1 co-sponsor

Amends NC adjourn/reconvene dates and narrows allowed business during reconvened sessions, extending the conference/return cutoff to Sept 25, 2025.

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Purpose

SJR 776 amends an earlier chamber scheduling resolution (Resolution 2025‑8) to adjust the General Assembly’s adjournment / reconvening schedule for the 2025–2026 regular session and to modify the cutoffs for what business may be considered during those reconvened sittings. The intent is to limit the scope of business during specified reconvened dates while extending the deadline by which conference activity or bill returns qualify for consideration.

Key provisions and changes

Amends Resolution 2025‑8 by revising multiple adjournment and reconvene dates and times between September 2025 and April 2026. For several adjournments the reconvene day/time language is changed (examples shown in the text):

After adjournment on Thu Sep 25, 2025 → reconvene Mon Oct 20, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. (text shows replacement of earlier “Tuesday, October 21 … at 12:00 noon” with “Monday, October 20 … at 10:00 A.M.”).
Similar date/time edits appear for reconvenings in Nov 2025, Dec 2025, Jan–Apr 2026 (see full resolution text for each adjusted pairing).

Narrows permissible business during each reconvened regular-session date to a limited set, including (but not limited to):

Adoption of conference reports for bills (explicitly including disaster‑recovery bills) where conferees were appointed by both houses on or before a stated cutoff; and
Bills (including disaster‑recovery bills) returned to the house of origin for concurrence on or before a stated cutoff.

Extends the applicable cutoff date shown in the original resolution:

Original cutoff date text included “Thursday, July 31, 2025.”
SJR 776 adds/updates “September 25, 2025” as the controlling cutoff for conferee appointments and returns (text reads “on or before Thursday, July 31, September 25, 2025”), thereby allowing conference reports and returned bills acted on by that later date to be considered during the listed reconvenings.

Who is affected

Members and leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly (Senate and House) — by dictating which items may be taken up on specified reconvened dates.

Legislative conferees and sponsors of bills (including disaster‑recovery legislation) — because the resolution sets the last qualifying dates for conferee appointments and returns for concurrence.

State agencies, local governments, and stakeholders with bills subject to conference or return by the new cutoff may be affected by the scheduling limits.

Procedural / timeline notes

The resolution lists a series of adjournment-to-reconvene pairs covering Sep 2025 through Apr 2026; each reconvened date is accompanied by the restricted list of matters that may be considered.

SJR 776 was read three times in the General Assembly and ratified on Sep 24, 2025 (Ch. Res. 2025‑11).

The resolution is effective immediately upon ratification.

Legislative actions (selected)

Filed: 2025-09-22

Passed readings in both chambers: 1st–3rd readings (Sep 22–23, 2025)

Ordered enrolled: 2025-09-23

Ratified / Chaptered as Resolution 2025‑11: 2025-09-24

For exact language, each adjourn/reconvene pairing, and the precise time/date substitutions, consult the full text of the ratified Resolution 2025‑11 (SJR 776).

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