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H157 • 2025

State of the State Invitation.

State of the State Invitation.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Bell, Adams, Ager, Almond, Belk, Biggs, Brisson, G. Brown, K. Brown, T. Brown, Buansi, Butler, Campbell, Carney, Carver, Chesser, Colvin, Crawford, Harrison, Hawkins, Humphrey, Iler, F. Jackson, Jeffers, Johnson, Lofton, Logan, Longest, Lopez, Majeed, McNeely, Miller, Moss, Penny, Pickett, R. Pierce, Pittman, Price, Pyrtle, Quick, Reeder, Reives, Rhyne, Riddell, Carson Smith, Turner, Ward, Watford, Wheatley, White, Willingham, Winslow
Last action
2025-02-27
Official status
Ch. Res 2025-2
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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State of the State Invitation.

State of the State Invitation.

What This Bill Does

  • State of the State Invitation.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-27 House

    Ch. Res 2025-2

  2. 2025-02-27 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ratified

  3. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Ordered Enrolled

  4. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  5. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  6. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Placed on Today's Calendar

  7. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  8. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  9. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  10. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Special Message Received From House

  11. 2025-02-26 House

    Special Message Sent To Senate

  12. 2025-02-25 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  13. 2025-02-25 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  14. 2025-02-24 House

    Placed On Cal For 02/25/2025

  15. 2025-02-24 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  16. 2025-02-24 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  17. 2025-02-21 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  18. 2025-02-21 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  19. 2025-02-18 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

State of the State Invitation.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
RATIFIED BILL

RESOLUTION 2025-2
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 157

*H157-v-3*
A JOINT RESOLUTION I NVITING HIS EXCELLEN CY, GOVERNOR JOSH ST EIN, TO
ADDRESS A JOINT SESS ION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATE.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

SECTION 1. A committee of five Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the
House, and five Senators, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, shall invite His
Excellency, Governor Josh Stein, 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 12, 2025.
SECTION 2. The members of The Honorable Josh Stein's cabinet, the members of
the Council of State, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges of the Cour t of Appeals
are invited to attend the joint session.
SECTION 3. This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27 th day of February,
2025.

s/ Phil Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/ Howard Penny, Jr.
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives