veto overrides

State lawmakers are overriding several of Gov. Josh Stein's vetoes Tuesday with help from Democrats. The vetoed bills include the repeal of a carbon reduction mandate for Duke Energy and a plan to shift regulatory powers from state agencies to the legislature.

Several NC bills that Gov. Stein vetoed had the votes of one or more Democrats. How they vote during override attempts will determine result.

Democrats’ efforts to break the Republican veto-proof majority in the legislature appear to have yielded one additional seat.

The state Senate voted Monday to override five of Gov. Roy Cooper's recent vetoes. Three of those bills are now law following the party-line votes.

The state House voted Wednesday to override three of Gov. Roy Cooper's latest vetoes, but the controversial proposals are still likely months away from becoming law.

The state House and Senate voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of controversial transgender restrictions.

The Senate voted separately Tuesday for each of the four measures by margins wide enough to enact them over Cooper’s objections contained in his veto messages. They will become law should the House also vote to override the vetoes.

Rules for operating North Carolina's Republican-controlled House for the next two years are now in place with a modification on how veto overrides can be handled. That's important because the GOP is very close to holding a veto-proof majority in the chamber, and Democratic absences could make the difference.

North Carolina civil rights advocates denounced a House rule change Tuesday that could allow Republicans to override vetoes on contentious bills with little notice, saying it subverts democracy and the will of voters.

The long session of the North Carolina General Assembly has begun in earnest.