North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1032: Modify Emergency Judge Provisions.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to expand the reasons for which an emergency judge may be assigned.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO EXPAND THE REASONS FOR WHICH AN EMERGENCY JUDGE MAY BE ASSIGNED. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-52(a) reads as rewritten: "(a) Judges of the district court and judges of the superior court who have not reached the mandatory retirement age specified in G.S. 7A-40.1 and G.S. 7A-140.1, respectively, but who have retired under the provisions of G.S. 7A-51, or under the Uniform Judicial Retirement Act after having completed five years of creditable service, may apply as provided in G.S. 7A-53 to become emergency judges of the court from which they retired. From the commissioned emergency district, superior, and special superior court judges, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall create two lists of active emergency judges and two lists of inactive emergency judges. For emergency superior and special superior court judges, the active list shall be limited to a combined total of 10 emergency judges; all other emergency superior and special superior court judges shall be on an inactive list. For emergency district court judges, the active list shall be limited to 25 emergency judges; all other emergency district court judges shall be on an inactive list. There is no limit to the number of emergency judges on either inactive list. In the Chief Justice's discretion, …
Sponsors
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, JUDICIAL DEPT., COURTS, AOC, DISTRICT COURT, PUBLIC, SUPERIOR COURT, JUDGES
Common questions
- What is S1032?
- S1032 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Modify Emergency Judge Provisions.
- What does S1032 do?
- In its own words: An act to expand the reasons for which an emergency judge may be assigned.
- What is the status of S1032?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1032?
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38).
- Where is the official record for S1032?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1032
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