You see what passes.
Not what's killed.

One party controls the NC Senate and the House.
This is how they use it.

(spoiler: they don't play well with others)

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bills had bipartisan support. None got a vote.

Adopt SUDEP Awareness Week · SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal · Prohibit Misbranding of Certain Food Products · Authorize Gullah Geechee Heritage Trail · Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military · Drivers License Designation/Autism · Post NC Veterans' Benefits · Driver Educ./18 Yrs & Older & Unlicensed · Davidson Charter Consolidation · Liam's Law · Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers · Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day · Utility Worker Protection Act · Adopt Women Veterans Day · Additional Capital Appropriations · Small Business Investment Grant Program · POW/MIA Flag/State Bldgs. & Schools · Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity · Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables · Tobacco and Hemp on Nonpublic School Grounds · Nash/Rocky Mount District Occupancy Tax · Central Carolina CC MCC FTE Calculation · Reqs HC POA/Adv Direct/IEP Nurse Choice · Alleviate the Dangers of Surgical Smoke · Use of Epinephrine Nasal Spray · Adult Care Home Medicaid PCS Coverage · North Carolina Economic Abuse Prevention Act · Abuse and Deception by Telemarketers · Ag Manufacturing Economic Development · The Jason Flatt Act of North Carolina · Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act of 2025 · Community of Practice ATR Supplement · Disposition Placement/Findings of Fact · County Tier Designation Study Bill · Building Industry Efficiency Act of 2025 · Update Opioid Abatement Treatment Prog. Rules · Interstate Massage Compact · Adopt Lafayette Day · Criminal Law Procedures · North Carolina Student Lifeline Act · NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2025 · DIT Agency Bill · Education Omnibus · Shellfish Leasing Study · Automatic Ord/Equitable Distribution Claim · Jesse's Law · State Infrastructure Bank Board · Robocall Solicitation Modifications · Study Committee on ADA/APD/PAC Pay · Certify Reading of NC Constitution · State of the State Invitation · Temp. Local Sales Tax Changes/Buncombe Co · Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential · Second Mortgage Fee Alignment Act · Confirm Joey Hopkins/Sec. of DOT · Confirm Pam Cashwell/Sec. N & CR · Gabriel Esparza/Secretary of DOA · Eddie Buffaloe/Secretary of DPS · Confirm Dr. Devdutta Sangvai/DHHS · Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev · Confirm Lee Lilley, Sec. of Commerce · Confirm CIO · McDowell/Caswell/Pender Occupancy Tax Mods · Require Disclaimer/Use of AI in Political Ads · Prohibit Renaming of Fayetteville State · School Calendar Flexibility · Authorize Haw River State Trail · School Calendar Flexibility/Pitt County · Arts High School Diploma Endorsement · Social Services Reform · Living Donor Protection Act · Maintenance of State Veterans Cemeteries · Adopt Haywood County as Elk Capital of NC · Discipline Changes · Protect NC Opioid Settlement Payments · Death Benefits Parity/Fire & Rescue Increase · NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2023 · Remove Fee/Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad Plate · Adopt Veterans History Museum · Perpetual Care of Certain Cemeteries · The Gabe Torres Act · Cities/Use of Perpetual Care Trust Funds · Reflexologist Right to Work Act · Counties/Semiannual Assessments · Regulation of Accessory Dwelling Units · Topsail Beach Special Registration Plate · Const. Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test · Various Motor Vehicle Law Revisions · Noncontiguous Expansion of MSDs · Foreclosures/Extend Servicemember Protections · Adopt Doc Watson Day · POW/MIA Flags/State Bldgs & Schools · Post NC Veterans' Benefits · Loggerhead Turtle/State Saltwater Reptile · HOA Revisions/Foreclosure Trustee Auctions · Diagnostic Imaging Parity · North Carolina Coerced Debt Relief Act · Heirs Property Study · Unfair Advertising/Food Delivery Platforms · Shine Like Hailey Parade Safety Act · Expedite Child Permanency · Smoke-Free Operating Rooms · Prescription Eye Drop Early Refill Coverage · Firearm Safe Storage Awareness Initiative · Venus Flytrap Special Registration Plate · Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law · Update Reqs./Advance Health Care Directives · Modify/Nonprofits & Charitable Solicitation · Drivers License Designation/Autism · St. James Occupancy Tax Authorization · Licensing Board/Contractors & Inspectors · The Rep. Becky Carney Cardiac Arrest Act · State of the State Invitation · Confirm Ed Wilson/Special Superior Ct Judge · Expressing Japanese Friendship · Recognizing Israel's 75th Anniversary · Support for Israel · Swain County Occupancy Tax Rate Increase · Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB · Career Dev. Plans/Study Indiv. Grad. Plans · Modernize Audiology Practice Laws · NC Compassionate Care Act · Native Plants Act · Modify Lmtd Driving Privilege/Criminal Laws · Expand Prob. Officer/Sheriff Authority · Modify Victim and Sex Offense Registry Laws · Expanding Members' Access to HOA Records · Carbon Monoxide Detectors/School Bldgs · Mobile Salons/Cosmetic Services at Weddings · Child Welfare, Soc. Serv., and DHHS Reforms · Confirm Phil Baddour/Industrial Commission · Confirm Nels Roseland, State Controller · Honor Jerry Tillman. Former State Senator

One party focused on control, not governing.

The quickest way to kill a bill? Make it Democratic. Or bipartisan.

Republican 33.7% success
Got a vote
738
Became law
249
Bipartisan 23.9% success
Got a vote
176
Became law
42
Democrat 8.3% success
Got a vote
12
Became law
1

That one Democratic law? A procedural bill about local government changes.

Losing the supermajority gave the governor some of his power back.

Cooper (2023-24)

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for 29

vetoes overridden

Stein (2025)

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of 15

7 sustained

Blocked: permitless carry, DEI bans

But the agenda got squeezed even harder.

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fewer Democratic bills got a vote

11 → 1

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drop in bipartisan bill success

30.4% → 14.9%

The one Democratic bill in 2025? A turtle rescue license plate. It's still in committee.

And every veto override? It took a Democrat crossing the aisle.

Four House Democrats defected on various override votes. Without them, the overrides would have failed.

Four crossed the aisle. One resigned. The other three lost their primaries.

-48

Cunningham

D-Mecklenburg

-42

Majeed

D-Mecklenburg

-11

Willingham

D-Edgecombe

DQ

Brockman

D-Guilford

Primary margins, March 3, 2026. Brockman resigned October 2025. All four replacements have pledged to uphold the governor's vetoes.

Voters noticed.

NC votes
roughly 50/50
Maps deliver
60/40 seats
One party controls
every committee
That party
draws the maps

The maps protect the power. The power protects the maps.

Now you know the cycle.
Help us break it.

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