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S36 • 2025

China Grove Even Year Elections.

China Grove Even Year Elections.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Ford
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Re-ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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.

China Grove Even Year Elections.

S36-SMCM-20(e2)-v-2 (2025-03-19): China Grove Even Year Elections.

What This Bill Does

  • S36-SMCM-20(e2)-v-2 (2025-03-19): China Grove Even Year Elections.
  • S36-SMST-1(e1)-v-2 (2025-03-18): China Grove Even Year Elections.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 36: China Grove Even Year Elections.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 36: China Grove Even Year Elections.
  • Committee: Senate Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: March 19, 2025 Introduced by: Sen.
  • Ford Prepared by: William Brewer Staff Attorney Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *S36-SMCM-20(e2)-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.
  • OVERVIEW: Senate Bill 36 would change the regular municipal election cycle from odd -numbered years to even -numbered years for the Town of China Grove, beginning with the 2026 election, and extend the terms of the current Mayor and Aldermen by one year to implement the new election cycle.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 36: China Grove Even Year Elections.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 36: China Grove Even Year Elections.
  • Committee: Senate Elections.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: March 18, 2025 Introduced by: Sen.
  • Ford Prepared by: Erika Churchill Staff Attorney Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *S36-SMST-1(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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 House

    Re-ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-03-31 House

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

  4. 2025-03-31 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2025-03-27 House

    Regular Message Received From Senate

  6. 2025-03-27 Senate

    Regular Message Sent To House

  7. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  9. 2025-03-20 Senate

    Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025

  10. 2025-03-20 Senate

    Withdrawn From Cal

  11. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  13. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Com Substitute Adopted

  14. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  15. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Re-ref to Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  16. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  17. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  18. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  19. 2025-01-30 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

S36-SMCM-20(e2)-v-2
(2025-03-19): China Grove Even Year Elections.
S36-SMST-1(e1)-v-2
(2025-03-18): China Grove Even Year Elections.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 2
SENATE BILL 36
Elections Committee Substitute Adopted 3/18/25

Short Title: China Grove Even Year Elections. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 3, 2025
*S36-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE TH AT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TO WN OF 2
CHINA GROVE SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of China 5
Grove, being S.L. 2002-42, read as rewritten: 6
"Section 3.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the 7
time of the general election in each odd-numbered year. even-numbered year. Except as 8
otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal 9
election laws of North Carolina. Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis and 10
the results determined using the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-292. 11
"Section 3.2. Election of Aldermen. The Town shall continue to have staggered terms for its 12
Aldermen. Two Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal election in 2003 to four-year 13
terms and quadrennially thereafter. Three Aldermen shall be elected at the regular municipal 14
election in 2005 to four-year terms and quadrennially thereafter.for staggered four-year terms. 15
"Section 3.3. Election of Mayor. A Mayor shall be elected in the regular municipal election 16
in 2003 and quadrennially thereafter.for a four-year term." 17
SECTION 1.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of China 18
Grove in 2025. The terms of office for the three Aldermen serving on the effective date of this 19
act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 are extended by one year. The terms of office of the 20
two Aldermen and the Mayor serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to 21
expire in 2027 are extended by one year. Regular municipal elections in the Town of China Grove 22
shall resume in even -numbered years beginning in 2026 with the same staggering of terms as 23
when elections were conducted in the odd-numbered years. 24
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 25
on or after that date. 26