On September 23, 2025, the NC General Assembly adopted SJR 776 (Adjournment Resolution Changes), which amends the previously adopted SJR 772 (Adjournment Resolution). 

The Adjournment Resolution Changes adjourns the General Assembly on September 25, 2025, and establishes the following schedule of abbreviated sessions through the Short Session next spring and provides what matters may be considered during each session: 

When will the NCGA reconvene?  

• October 20-23, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. 

• November 17-20, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. 

• December 15-18, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. 

• January 12-15, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. 

• February 9-12, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. 

• March 9-12, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. 

• April 6-9, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. 

• April 21, 2026 (Short Session), at 12:00 noon.

Matters that may be considered during the October 20-23, 2025, through April 6-9, 2026, reconvened sessions: 

• Bills returned by the Governor for veto override consideration (unchanged)  

• Bills related to appointments, confirmations, or filling vacancies as required by law (unchanged)  

• Actions on gubernatorial nominations or appointments (unchanged)  

• Actions related to litigation challenging legislative enactments (unchanged)  

• Matters relating to election laws, including redistricting for various elected offices (unchanged)  

• Impeachment proceedings (unchanged)  

• Simple resolutions on organizational matters  

• Adoption of conference reports for bills for which conferees had been appointed by both houses on or before September 25, 2025 (date change – was July 31, 2025)  

• Bills, including bills providing for disaster recovery, returned on or before September 25, 2025, to the house in which the bill originated for concurrence (date change – was July 31, 2025)  

• A joint resolution further adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, amending a joint resolution adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, or adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, sine die (unchanged)

Matters that may be considered during the Short Session beginning April 21, 2026:

• Bills directly and primarily affecting the State budget

• Bills proposing amendments to the North Carolina Constitution and implementation language for such amendments

• Bills that made Crossover or were not subject to Crossover

• Bills recommended by study committees

• Local bills

• Bills related to appointments, confirmations, or filling vacancies as required by law

• Actions on gubernatorial nominations or appointments  

• Any matter authorized by joint resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives present and voting and by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Senate present and voting

• Any bills primarily affecting any State or local pension or retirement system

• Joint resolutions and simple resolutions

• Bills returned by the Governor for veto override consideration

• Actions related to litigation challenging legislative enactments

• Matters relating to election laws, including redistricting for various elected offices

• ]Bills to disapprove rules under G.S. 150B-21.3.

• Bills providing for impeachment

• A joint resolution further adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, amending a joint resolution adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, or adjourning the 2025 Regular Session, sine die.

(Note: These are typical matters that may be considered during the Short Session. They were not changed by the Adjournment Resolution Changes.)

The Adjournment Resolution authorizes the Speaker and President Pro Tempore to allow committees or subcommittees to meet during session interims to review budget matters, prepare reports, or consider other matters as deemed appropriate, and allows conference committees to meet with leadership approval. (This provision was not changed by the Adjournment Resolution Changes.) 

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