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H72 • 2025

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kidwell, Gable, Eddins, Moss, Blust, Johnson, McNeely, Ward
Last action
2025-02-17
Official status
Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
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.

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

What This Bill Does

  • AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-17 House

    Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added

  2. 2025-02-17 House

    Serial Referral To Judiciary 1 Added

  3. 2025-02-17 House

    Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken

  4. 2025-02-11 House

    Ref to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  5. 2025-02-11 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  6. 2025-02-10 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 72

Short Title: AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Kidwell, Gable, Eddins, and Moss (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
February 11, 2025
*H72-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO LIMIT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S P ARTICIPATION IN LITI GATION 2
ADVANCING ANY ARGUME NT THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE INVALIDATION 3
OF ANY EXECUTIVE ORD ER ISSUED BY THE PRE SIDENT OF THE UNITED 4
STATES. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 114-2.8, as enacted by Section 3D.1 of S.L. 2024 -57, reads as 7
rewritten: 8
"§ 114-2.8. Limitation on participation in foreign certain litigation. 9
The Attorney General shall not, as a party, amicus, or any other participant in an action 10
pending before a state or federal court in another state, advance any argument that would result 11
in the invalidation of (i) any statute enacted by the General Assembly.Assembly or (ii) any 12
executive order issued by the President of the United States." 13
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to actions filed 14
or commenced on or after that date. 15