HB 1217 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Norlina/Even-Year Elections/4-Year Staggered Terms.

This bill changes how local elections are held in the Town of Norlina, North Carolina, by moving them from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. It also updates the town's charter to require that the mayor and most board members serve four-year terms instead of the previous two-year terms. To make this transition smooth, the law extends the current terms of officials whose time would have ended in 2027 and sets up a specific schedule where some board seats are filled for two years while others are filled for four years until the full four-year cycle is established.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced May 4, 2026 Last action Jun 23, 2026

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MODERATE

The bill was converted from a first draft to a committee substitute version, which significantly rewrites the town's charter to change election rules. The most important change is that municipal elections are now held in even-numbered years instead of odd-numbered years, and the terms for the mayor and commissioners are extended to four years on a staggered basis. The text also includes several formatting corrections and clarifications to the legal language.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from a temporary transition plan to a permanent structural change in how the town of Norlina conducts elections and sets term lengths for its officials.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the timing of municipal elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years.

Extended the term of office for the mayor and board of commissioners from two years to four years.

Updated the charter to specify that commissioners serve staggered four-year terms rather than a mix of two and four-year terms.

Added a new provision stating that elections must be conducted in accordance with G.S. 163-292 and uniform municipal election laws.

TECHNICAL

Corrected typos and formatting errors in the original draft, such as changing 'five members' to 'three five members' and fixing sentence fragments.

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Committee

Jun 23, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Jun 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Jun 15, 2026

Committee

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

lower

May 5, 2026

Committee

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

lower

May 4, 2026

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0 primary · 1 co-sponsor