North Carolina General Assembly of 2011–12 explained

150th North Carolina General Assembly 2011–12
Term:2011–12
Website:House Senate
Membership1:50 senators
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President pro tempore
Chamber1 Leader1:Phil Berger (Rep)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Harry Brown (Rep)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:Martin Nesbitt (Dem)
Membership2:120 representatives
Control2:Republican Party
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Thom Tillis (Rep)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Paul Stam (Rep)
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader3:Joe Hackney (Dem)

The North Carolina General Assembly 2011–12 was the state legislature that first convened on January 26, 2011, and concluded in December 2012. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 2, 2010. This 149th North Carolina General Assembly was the first North Carolina General Assembly with a Republican majority in both chambers since 1870.[1]

Legislation

A complete list of session laws passed by this legislature is found at 2011 Session laws. There were 419 laws passed in 2011 and 203 in 2012. Among the Session laws that passed was 2011-409, "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE."

State House of Representatives

The North Carolina state House of Representatives, during the 2011–12 session, consisted of 68 Republicans and 52 Democrats. At the beginning of the session, there was one independent member, Rep. Bert Jones, who caucused with the Republicans, but he formally changed his registration to Republican around September 2011. The members included 35 women, 18 African Americans, and one Native American out of 120 members.

House leadership

The following members were the leadership of the House of Representatives:

House members

The following were the members of the House of Representatives during 2011–2012:[2]

District Representative Party Residence
1stdata-sort-value="Owens, William C."William C. Owens Jr.DemocraticElizabeth City
2nddata-sort-value="Spear, Timothy"Timothy L. SpearDemocraticCreswell
3rddata-sort-value="Sanderson, Norman W."Norman W. SandersonRepublicanArapahoe
4thdata-sort-value="Dixon, Jimmy"Jimmy DixonRepublicanCalypso
5thdata-sort-value="Mobley, Annie"Annie MobleyDemocraticAhoskie
6thdata-sort-value="Cook, Bill"Bill CookRepublicanChocowinity
7thdata-sort-value="Bryant, Angela"Angela BryantDemocraticRocky Mount
8thdata-sort-value="Warren, Edith"Edith D. WarrenDemocraticFarmville
9thdata-sort-value="McLawhorn, Mrian"Marian N. McLawhornDemocraticGrifton
10thdata-sort-value="LaRoque, Stephen"Stephen A. LaRoque (until August 1, 2012)RepublicanKinston
data-sort-value="Kozel, Karen"Karen Kozel (from August 29, 2012)RepublicanKinston
11thdata-sort-value="Sager, Efton"Efton SagerRepublicanGoldsboro
12thdata-sort-value="Wainwright, William"William L. Wainwright (until July 17, 2012)DemocraticHavelock
data-sort-value="Lee, Barbara"Barbara Lee (from August 6, 2012)DemocraticHavelock
13thdata-sort-value="McElraft, Pat"Pat McElraftRepublicanEmerald Isle
14thdata-sort-value="Cleveland, George"George G. ClevelandRepublicanJacksonville
15thdata-sort-value="Shepard, Phil"Phil ShepardRepublicanJacksonville
16thdata-sort-value="Justice, Carolyn"Carolyn H. JusticeRepublicanHampstead
17thdata-sort-value="Iler, Frank"Frank IlerRepublicanOak Island
18thdata-sort-value="Hamilton, Susi"Susi HamiltonDemocraticWilmington
19thdata-sort-value="McComas, Daniel"Daniel F. McComas (until September 2, 2012)RepublicanWilmington
data-sort-value="Davis, Ted Jr."Ted Davis Jr. (from September 26, 2012)RepublicanWilmington
20thdata-sort-value="Hill, Dewey"Dewey L. HillDemocraticWhiteville
21stdata-sort-value="Bell, Larry"Larry M. BellDemocraticClinton
22nddata-sort-value="Brisson, William"William BrissonDemocraticDublin
23rddata-sort-value="Tolson, Joe"Joe P. TolsonDemocraticPinetops
24thdata-sort-value="Farmer-Butterfield, Jean"Jean Farmer-ButterfieldDemocraticWilson
25thdata-sort-value="Collins, Jeff"Jeff CollinsRepublicanRocky Mount
26thdata-sort-value="Daughtry, Leo"N. Leo DaughtryRepublicanSmithfield
27thdata-sort-value="Wray, Michael"Michael H. WrayDemocraticGaston
28thdata-sort-value="Langdon, James Jr."James Langdon Jr.RepublicanAngier
29thdata-sort-value="Hall, Larry"Larry HallDemocraticDurham
30thdata-sort-value="Luebke, Paul"Paul LuebkeDemocraticDurham
31stdata-sort-value="Michaux, Mickey"Mickey MichauxDemocraticDurham
32nddata-sort-value="Crawford, Jim"James W. Crawford Jr.DemocraticOxford
33rddata-sort-value="Gill, Rosa"Rosa GillDemocraticRaleigh
34thdata-sort-value="Martin, Grier"Grier MartinDemocraticRaleigh
35thdata-sort-value="Weiss, Jennifer"Jennifer WeissDemocraticRaleigh
36thdata-sort-value="Dollar, Nelson"Nelson DollarRepublicanCary
37thdata-sort-value="Stam, Paul"Paul StamRepublicanApex
38thdata-sort-value="Ross, Deborah"Deborah RossDemocraticRaleigh
39thdata-sort-value="Jackson, Darren"Darren JacksonDemocraticRaleigh
40thdata-sort-value="Avila, Marilyn"Marilyn AvilaRepublicanRaleigh
41stdata-sort-value="Murry, Tom"Tom MurryRepublicanMorrisville
42nddata-sort-value="Lucas, Marvin"Marvin W. LucasDemocraticSpring Lake
43rddata-sort-value="Floyd, Elmer"Elmer FloydDemocraticFayetteville
44thdata-sort-value="Parfitt, Diane"Diane ParfittDemocraticFayetteville
45thdata-sort-value="Glazier, Rick"Rick GlazierDemocraticFayetteville
46thdata-sort-value="Pridgen, G. L."G. L. PridgennRepublicanLumberton
47thdata-sort-value="Graham, Charles"Charles GrahamDemocraticLumberton
48thdata-sort-value="Pierce, Garland"Garland E. PierceDemocraticWagram
49thdata-sort-value="Bradley, Glen"Glen BradleyRepublicanYoungsville
50thdata-sort-value="Faison, Bill"Bill FaisonDemocraticDurham
51stdata-sort-value="Stone, Michael C."Mike C. StoneRepublicanSanford
52nddata-sort-value="Boles, Jamie"James L. Boles Jr.RepublicanSouthern Pines
53rddata-sort-value="Lewis, David"David R. LewisRepublicanDunn
54thdata-sort-value="Hackney, Joe"Joe HackneyDemocraticChapel Hill
55thdata-sort-value="Wilkins, Winkie"Winkie WilkinsDemocraticRoxboro
56thdata-sort-value="Insko, Verla"Verla C. InskoDemocraticChapel Hill
57thdata-sort-value="Harrison, Pricey"Pricey HarrisonDemocraticGreensboro
58thdata-sort-value="Adams, Alma"Alma AdamsDemocraticGreensboro
59thdata-sort-value="Jeffus, Maggie"Maggie JeffusDemocraticGreensboro
60thdata-sort-value="Brandon, Marcus"Marcus BrandonDemocraticGreensboro
61stdata-sort-value="Faircloth, John"John FairclothRepublicanHigh Point
62nddata-sort-value="Blust, John"John BlustRepublicanGreensboro
63rddata-sort-value="Bordsen, Alice"Alice L. BordsenDemocraticMebane
64thdata-sort-value="Ingle, Dan"Dan IngleRepublicanBurlington
65thBert JonesIndependentReidsville
Republican
66thdata-sort-value="Goodman, Ken"Ken GoodmanDemocraticRockingham
67thdata-sort-value="Burr, Justin"Justin BurrRepublicanAlbemarle
68thdata-sort-value="Horn, Craig"D. Craig HornRepublicanWeddington
69thdata-sort-value="Gibson, Pryor"Pryor A. Gibson III (until March 3, 2011)DemocraticWadesboro
data-sort-value="McGuirt, Frank"Frank McGuirt (from March 7, 2011)DemocraticWingate
70thdata-sort-value="Hurley, Pat"Pat HurleyRepublicanAsheboro
71stdata-sort-value="Womble, Larry"Larry W. WombleDemocraticWinston-Salem
72nddata-sort-value="Parmon, Earline"Earline ParmonDemocraticWinston-Salem
73rddata-sort-value="Brown, Larry R."Larry R. Brown (until August 16, 2012)RepublicanKernersville
data-sort-value="Krawiec, Joyce"Joyce Krawiec (from October 10, 2012)RepublicanKernersville
74thdata-sort-value="Folwell, Dale"Dale FolwellRepublicanWinston-Salem
75thdata-sort-value="McGee, Bill"William C. McGeeRepublicanClemmons
76thdata-sort-value="Steen, Fred II"Fred F. Steen IIRepublicanLandis
77thdata-sort-value="Warren, Harry "Harry J. WarrenRepublicanSalisbury
78thdata-sort-value="Brubaker, Harold J."Harold J. Brubaker (until July 12, 2012)RepublicanAsheboro
data-sort-value="McNeill, Allen"Allen McNeill (from August 13, 2012)RepublicanAsheboro
79thdata-sort-value="Howard, Julia"Julia C. HowardRepublicanMocksville
80thdata-sort-value="Dockham, Jerry"Jerry DockhamRepublicanDenton
81stdata-sort-value="Brown, Rayne"Rayne BrownRepublicanLexington
82nddata-sort-value="Barnhart, Jeff"Jeffrey L. Barnhart (until September 30, 2011)[3] RepublicanConcord
data-sort-value="Pittman"Larry Pittman (from October 10, 2011)RepublicanConcord
83rddata-sort-value="Johnson, Linda"Linda P. JohnsonRepublicanKannapolis
84thdata-sort-value="Frye, Phillip"Phillip D. FryeRepublicanSpruce Pine
85thdata-sort-value="Gillespie, Mitch"Mitch GillespieRepublicanMarion
86thdata-sort-value="Blackwell, Hugh"Hugh BlackwellRepublicanValdese
87thdata-sort-value="Starnes, Edgar"Edgar V. StarnesRepublicanHickory
88thdata-sort-value="Hollo, Mark"Mark HolloRepublicanTaylorsville
89thdata-sort-value="Setzer, Mitchell"Mitchell S. SetzerRepublicanCatawba
90thdata-sort-value="Stevens, Sarah"Sarah StevensRepublicanMt. Airy
91stdata-sort-value="Holloway, Bryan"Bryan R. HollowayRepublicanKing
92nddata-sort-value="McCormick, Darrell"Darrell McCormickRepublicanWinston-Salem
93rddata-sort-value="Jordan, Jonathan"Jonathan JordanRepublicanJefferson
94thdata-sort-value="Randleman, Shirley"Shirley B. RandlemanRepublicanWilkesboro
95thdata-sort-value="Mills, Grey"Grey MillsRepublicanMooresville
96thdata-sort-value="Hilton, Mark"Mark K. HiltonRepublicanConover
97thdata-sort-value="Rhyne, Johnathan Jr."Johnathan Rhyne Jr. (until August 15, 2011)[4] RepublicanLincolnton
data-sort-value="Saine, Jason"Jason Saine (from August 24, 2011)RepublicanDenver
98thdata-sort-value="Tillis, Thom"Thom TillisRepublicanCornelius
99thdata-sort-value="Moore, Rodney"Rodney W. MooreDemocraticCharlotte
100thdata-sort-value="Cotham, Tricia"Tricia CothamDemocraticCharlotte
101stdata-sort-value="Earle, Beverly"Beverly M. EarleDemocraticCharlotte
102nddata-sort-value="Carney, Becky"Becky CarneyDemocraticCharlotte
103rddata-sort-value="Brawley, Bill"William M. BrawleyRepublicanMatthews
104thdata-sort-value="Samuelson, Ruth"Ruth SamuelsonRepublicanCharlotte
105thdata-sort-value="Killian, Ric"Ric KillianRepublicanCharlotte
106thdata-sort-value="Alexander, Martha"Martha B. AlexanderDemocraticCharlotte
107thdata-sort-value="Alexander, Kelly"Kelly AlexanderDemocraticCharlotte
108thdata-sort-value="Torbett, John"John TorbettRepublicanStanley
109thdata-sort-value="Current, William"William CurrentRepublicanGastonia
110thdata-sort-value="Hastings, Kelly"Kelly HastingsRepublicanCherryville
111thdata-sort-value="Moore, Tim"Tim MooreRepublicanKings Mountain
112thdata-sort-value="Hager, Mike"Mike HagerRepublicanRutherfordton
113thdata-sort-value="Guice, David"David Guice (until January 1, 2012)RepublicanBrevard
data-sort-value="Walend, Trudi"Trudi Walend (from January 4, 2012)RepublicanBrevard
114thdata-sort-value="Fisher, Susan"Susan C. FisherDemocraticAsheville
115thdata-sort-value="Keever, Patsy"Patsy KeeverDemocraticAsheville
116thdata-sort-value="Moffitt, Tim"Tim MoffittRepublicanAsheville
117thdata-sort-value="McGrady, Chuck"Chuck McGradyRepublicanHendersonville
118thdata-sort-value="Rapp, Ray"Ray RappDemocraticMars Hill
119thdata-sort-value="Haire, Phil"R. Phillip HaireDemocraticSylva
120thdata-sort-value="West, Roger"Roger WestRepublicanMarble

State Senate

The state Senate, during the 2011–12 session, consisted of 31 Republicans and 19 Democrats. The senate members included six females and six African-Americans, as well as 15 attorneys and three small business owners.[5]

Senate leaders

Senate leadership included the following

Senate members

The following table lists the Senators, their party, city of residence, and the district and counties they represented:

District Senator Party Residence Counties representedFirst elected
1stdata-sort-value="Basnight, Marc"Marc BasnightDemocraticManteoBeaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, Washington1984
data-sort-value="White, Stan"Stan White[6] DemocraticNags Head2011↑
2nddata-sort-value="Preston, Jean"Jean PrestonRepublicanEmerald IsleCarteret, Craven, Pamlico2006
3rddata-sort-value="Jenkins, Clark"Clark JenkinsDemocraticTarboroEdgecombe, Martin, Pitt2002
4thdata-sort-value="Jones, Ed"Edward JonesDemocraticEnfieldBertie, Chowan, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans2007↑
5thdata-sort-value="Pate, louis"Louis M. Pate Jr.RepublicanMount OliveGreene, Pitt, Wayne2010
6thdata-sort-value="Brown, Harry"Harry BrownRepublicanJacksonvilleJones, Onslow2004
7thdata-sort-value="Berger, Doug"Doug BergerDemocraticYoungsvilleFranklin, Granville, Vance, Warren2004
8thdata-sort-value="Rabon, Bill"Bill RabonRepublicanWinnabowBrunswick, Columbus, Pender2010
9thdata-sort-value="Goolsby, Thom"Thom GoolsbyRepublicanWilmingtonNew Hanover2010
10thdata-sort-value="Jackson, Brent"Brent JacksonRepublicanAutryvilleDuplin, Lenoir, Samson2010
11thdata-sort-value="Newton, Buck"Buck NewtonRepublicanWilsonNash, Wilson2010
12thdata-sort-value="Rouzer, David"David RouzerRepublicanBensonJohnston, Wayne2008
13thdata-sort-value="Walters, Michael P."Michael P. WaltersDemocraticFairmontHoke, Robeson2009↑
14thdata-sort-value="Blue, Dan"Dan BlueDemocraticRaleighWake2009↑
15thdata-sort-value="Hunt, Neal"Neal HuntRepublicanRaleighWake2004
16thdata-sort-value="Stein, Josh"Josh SteinDemocraticRaleighWake2008
17thdata-sort-value="Stevens, Richard Y."Richard Y. Stevens until Sept. 2012 (resignation)[7] RepublicanCaryWake2002
data-sort-value="Barringer, Tamara"Tamara P. BarringerRepublicanCary2012↑
18thdata-sort-value="Atwater, Bob"Bob AtwaterDemocraticChapel HillChatham, Durham, Lee2004
19thdata-sort-value="Meredith, Wesley"Wesley MeredithRepublicanFayettevilleBladen, Cumberland2010
20thdata-sort-value="McKissick, Floyd, Jr."Floyd McKissick Jr.DemocraticDurhamDurham2007↑
21stdata-sort-value="Mansfield, Eric L."Eric L. MansfieldDemocraticFayettevilleCumberland2010
22nddata-sort-value="Blake, Harris"Harris BlakeRepublicanPinehurstHarnett, Moore2002
23rddata-sort-value="Kinnaird, Eleanor"Eleanor KinnairdDemocraticCarrboroOrange, Person1996
24thdata-sort-value="Gunn, Rick"Rick GunnRepublicanBurlingtonAlamance, Caswell2010
25thdata-sort-value="Purcell, William R."William R. PurcellDemocraticLaurinburgAnson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly1997↑
26thdata-sort-value="Berger, Phil"Phil BergerRepublicanEdenGuilford, Rockingham2000
27thdata-sort-value="Vaughan, Don"Don VaughanDemocraticGreensboroGuilford2008
28thdata-sort-value="Robinson, Gladys A."Gladys A. RobinsonDemocraticGreensboroGuilford2010
29thdata-sort-value="Tillman, Jerry W."Jerry W. TillmanRepublicanArchdaleMontgomery, Randolph2002
30thdata-sort-value="East, Don"Don W. East until Oct. 22, 2012 (death)[8] RepublicanPilot MountainAlleghany, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin2004
31stdata-sort-value="Brunstetter, Pete"Peter S. BrunstetterRepublicanLewisvilleForsyth2006
32nddata-sort-value="Garrou, Linda"Linda GarrouDemocraticWinston-SalemForsyth1998
33rddata-sort-value="Bingham, Stan"Stan BinghamRepublicanDentonDavidson, Guilford2000
34thdata-sort-value="Brock, Andrew"Andrew C. BrockRepublicanMocksvilleDavie, Rowan2002
35thdata-sort-value="Tucker, Tommy"Tommy TuckerRepublicanWaxhawMecklenburg, Union2010
36thdata-sort-value="Hartsell, Fletcher L., Jr."Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.RepublicanConcordCabarrus, Iredell1990
37thdata-sort-value="Clodfelter, Dan"Dan ClodfelterDemocraticCharlotteMecklenburg1998
38thdata-sort-value="Dannelly, Charlie"Charlie DannellyDemocraticCharlotteMecklenburg1994
39thdata-sort-value="Rucho, Bob"Bob RuchoRepublicanMatthewsMecklenburg2008↑
40thdata-sort-value="Graham, Malcolm"Malcolm GrahamDemocraticCharlotteMecklenburg2004
41stdata-sort-value="Forrester, James"James Forrester until October 31, 2011 (death)RepublicanStanley[9] Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln1990
data-sort-value="Carney, Chris"Chris Carney from December 20, 2011Republican2011↑
42nddata-sort-value="Allran, Austin"Austin M. AllranRepublicanHickoryCatawba, Iredell1986
43rddata-sort-value="Harrington, Kathy"Kathy HarringtonRepublicanGastoniaGaston2010
44thdata-sort-value="Daniel, Warren"Warren DanielRepublicanMorgantonBurke, Caldwell2010
45thdata-sort-value="Soucek, Dan"Dan SoucekRepublicanBooneAlexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes2010
46thdata-sort-value="Clary, Debbie"Debbie A. Clary until January 2012 (resignation)[10] RepublicanShelbyCleveland, Rutherford2008
data-sort-value="Westmoreland, Wes"Wes Westmoreland from January 2012RepublicanShelby2012↑
47thdata-sort-value="Hise, Ralph"Ralph HiseRepublicanSpruce PineAvery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey2010
48thdata-sort-value="Apodaca, Tom"Tom ApodacaRepublicanHendersonvilleBuncombe, Henderson, Polk2002
49thdata-sort-value="Nesbitt, Martin"Martin NesbittDemocraticAshevilleBuncombe2004↑
50thdata-sort-value="Davis, Jim"Jim DavisRepublicanFranklinCherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania2010

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Smith. Barry. Republican majority takes center stage as General Assembly convenes. June 6, 2012. Shelby Star. January 26, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318204658/http://www.shelbystar.com/articles/center-53082-stage-convenes.html. March 18, 2012. dead.,
  2. Web site: House of Representative Documents, 2011–2012. NCLeg.gov. September 10, 2019.
  3. Web site: Visualize the General Assembly. Carolina Transparency. Civitas Institute. June 6, 2012.
  4. News: Turbyfill. Diane. New guy in House describes himself as 'Reagan conservative'. June 6, 2012. Gaston Gazette. August 17, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325123448/http://www.gastongazette.com/news/conservative-60037-jason-describes.html. March 25, 2012. dead.,
  5. Web site: North Carolina Senate 2011-2012, Documents. NCLeg.gov. September 10, 2019.
  6. White was appointed to replace Sen. Marc Basnight, who resigned January 25, 2011.
  7. Web site: WRAL: Sen. Stevens resigns. WRAL.com. September 10, 2019. September 10, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214012136/https://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/blogpost/11526440/. December 14, 2018. dead.,
  8. https://archive.today/20130130050702/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/veteran_state_sen_don_east_has_died News & Observer: veteran state Sen. Don East has died
  9. News: Successor to N.C. Sen. Forrester sworn in to office. https://archive.today/20130208083518/http://hamptonroads.com/2011/12/successor-nc-sen-forrester-sworn-office. dead. February 8, 2013. June 6, 2012. The Virginian-Pilot. December 21, 2011. AP.,
  10. News: Friedman. Corey. 'Time to go to work' - Sen. Westmoreland takes office. https://archive.today/20120909170831/http://www.shelbystar.com/news/work-61604-sen-shelby.html. dead. September 9, 2012. June 6, 2012. Shelby Star. January 29, 2012.,