Daily Bulletin
ACTIONS BY THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Legislative Reporting Service, Box 7294 State Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone 919.733.2484 - Fax 919.715.3464 - www.dbulletin.org
House Legislative Day 1 Vol. 2009, No. 1 Senate Legislative Day 1
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The 2009 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly
The General Assembly of North Carolina convened at 12:00 noon today in the State Legislative Building
in Raleigh. This is the 149th session of the state legislature, counting from the first assembly elected under the
Constitution of 1776 (the official count of 148 apparently omits one of the sessions listed in John Cheney’s North
Carolina Government 1585-1979). The General Assembly has convened at the seat of government in Raleigh
since 1794. Before then, it met at various times in New Bern, Halifax, Hillsborough, Fayetteville, Tarborough, and
Smithfield.
The School of Government’s Legislative Reporting Service
The School of Government, formerly the Institute of Government, begins its 74th year of daily legislative
reporting with this issue of the Daily Bulletin.
The Daily Bulletin is published each legislative day. It is intended to help members and staff of the
General Assembly, state and local government officials, the public, and members of the news media understand
and follow the progress of pending legislation. Each edition of the Daily Bulletin will include: (1) summaries of all
bills and resolutions filed that legislative day; (2) a report of all calendar action taken on the floor of the Senate
and House of Representatives; (3) summaries of all amendments and committee substitutes adopted by the
Senate or the House and of all conference reports reported in the Senate or the House; and (4) other information
on the legislative process.
Each day the Daily Bulletin is distributed to members and staff of the General Assembly, to the chief
administrative officer and the legislative liaison of each major state agency, and to county and city governments.
Other public officials may subscribe to the Daily Bulletin and other publications of the Institute of Government’s
Legislative Reporting Service for a fee that covers the cost of distribution. Commercial subscriptions are also
available for the Daily Bulletin and related publications. For information about subscriptions, contact the School of
Government Publications Office at 919-966-41 19, by email at khunt@soa.unc.edu. or on the web at
http://dailvbulletin-unc.edu/.
In addition to the Daily Bulletin, the Legislative Reporting Service publishes the Weekly Status Report,
which includes several reports on the current status of bills and resolutions. At the end of the session an Index of
Legislation is also available.
The School of Government produces the Daily Bulletin. The School, founded in 1931 , at The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is dedicated to teaching, research, and consultation for and about North Carolina
state and local government. The School is the largest and most diversified university-based organization of its
type in the United States. More detailed information about the School is available on the Web at
http://soa.unc.edu/.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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