HB 136 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Town of Faith/Even-Year Elections/Four-Year Terms.

HB 136 changes the municipal election process for the Town of Faith. It shifts regular elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, aligning them with general elections. The bill also extends the terms of office for members of the Board of Aldermen from two years to four years. Consequently, no municipal elections will be held in the Town of Faith in 2025, and the terms of current aldermen will be extended by one year. Beginning in 2026, five aldermen will be elected every four years to serve four-year terms.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Last action May 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill modifies the Town of Faith's municipal election schedule and term lengths. The changes shift the short title to reflect even-year elections and four-year terms, update the charter references to clarify the Town's charter status, and adjust the language around aldermanic elections to specify four-year terms more clearly.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Town of Faith's municipal elections and aldermanic terms, but the language now more explicitly references the Town's charter and clarifies the election timing and term structure.

REQUIREMENT

The short title was updated from 'Town of Faith/Four-Year Terms' to 'Town of Faith/Even-Yr. Elect./Four-Yr. Terms' to better reflect the even-year election schedule.

Section 2 language was reorganized to clarify that aldermen are elected to serve four-year terms and that they elect one of their number as mayor.

TECHNICAL

The charter references in Sections 1 and 2 were updated to explicitly state 'Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Faith' and 'Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Faith' for clarity.

Minor formatting changes to the header information, including the addition of 'Committee Substitute Favorable 3/4/25' and removal of sponsor details.

Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

115–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 121

Mar 11, 2025

D Democratic46

44 Yea 2

95% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican73

69 Yea 4

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 19, 2025

Committee

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

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed 3rd Reading

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor