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H279 • 2025

Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.

Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Pless
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.

H279-SMBK-6(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-15): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.

What This Bill Does

  • H279-SMBK-6(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-15): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.
  • of Comm.
  • H279-SMBK-7(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-29): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.
  • of Comm.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.
  • of Comm.
  • Committee: House State and Local Government.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 15, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.
  • of Comm.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 28, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.
  • Pless Prepared by: Jessica Sammons Staff Attorney Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *H279-SMBK-7(e1)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd.
  • of Comm.
  • Committee: House Election Law.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: March 18, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-05-01 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-04-28 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025

  8. 2025-04-28 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-04-28 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-04-15 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-04-15 House

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-03-25 House

    Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  13. 2025-03-25 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  14. 2025-03-18 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  15. 2025-03-18 House

    Reptd Fav

  16. 2025-03-05 House

    Ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  17. 2025-03-05 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  18. 2025-03-04 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H279-SMBK-6(e1)-v-2
(2025-04-15): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.
H279-SMBK-7(e1)-v-2
(2025-04-29): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.
H279-SMCH-7(e1)-v-8
(2025-03-18): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 279

Short Title: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Pless.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 5, 2025
*H279-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE TH AT VACANCIES ON THE HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF 2
COMMISSIONERS ARE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 153A-27. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-27.1(h) reads as rewritten: 5
"(h) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, 6
Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Caldwell, Carteret, Cherokee, Clay, 7
Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Guilford, Harnett, Haywood, 8
Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, 9
Onslow, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, 10
Transylvania, and Yancey." 11
SECTION 2. This act applies to Haywood County only. 12
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to vacancies 13
filled on or after that date. 14