RALEIGH — The North Carolina House is scheduled to reconvene Wednesday morning with five bills the governor has already vetoed back on the calendar, including two with Catawba County sponsors.
The House calendar for Wednesday, Sept. 30, lists session at 10:30 a.m. Under unfinished business, it calls for reconsideration of vetoed bills. First on that list is Senate Bill 50, titled Freedom to Carry NC. Also listed are House Bill 437, House Bill 96, House Bill 377 and House Bill 958.
The Senate calendar for the same day shows the chamber convening at 1 p.m. with a standard procedural agenda and no bills under general orders.
Neither chamber has a floor session on the legislative calendar for Tuesday, Sept. 29. Both chambers did post session calendars for Monday, Sept. 28, when they reconvened at noon under the adjournment resolution that set this three-day window. Official bill histories for the five vetoed measures show no new floor actions dated Monday or Tuesday as of this morning’s check.
Catawba sponsors on two of the five
Catawba County’s legislative delegation, per the General Assembly’s county representation page, is Sen. Mark Hollo, R-Catawba; Rep. Mitchell S. Setzer, R-Catawba; and Rep. Jay Adams, R-Catawba.
Hollo is a co-sponsor of SB 50. Setzer is a co-sponsor of HB 96, titled Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons. Adams does not appear on the sponsor lists for either bill. The other three vetoed bills on Wednesday’s House calendar — HB 437 (Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping), HB 377 (2026 Court Changes) and HB 958 (Election Law Changes) — do not list Hollo, Setzer or Adams among their sponsors, and their bill pages say no counties are specifically cited.
Where SB 50 stands
Gov. Josh Stein vetoed SB 50 on June 20, 2025, after the General Assembly ratified it. The Senate overrode that veto on July 29, 2025, on a 30-19 vote (roll call 432). Hollo voted yes.
The House has not completed an override. When the chamber passed the bill on second reading in June 2025, the tally was 59-48 (roll call 426). Setzer and Adams both voted yes on that reading. Wednesday’s calendar returns the vetoed measure to the House under reconsideration of vetoed bills.
A successful override in both chambers is required for a vetoed bill to become law. The Senate has already taken that step on SB 50; the House has not.
Where HB 96 stands
Stein vetoed HB 96 on July 9, 2025. The House later put the vetoed bill back on its calendar several times in 2025 and again on Aug. 31, 2026, for the Sept. 2 session day. It now reappears on the Sept. 30 House calendar beside the other vetoed measures.
Before the veto, the House concurred in the Senate’s committee substitute on June 26, 2025, on a 76-32 vote (roll call 574). Setzer and Adams were among the yes votes. There is not yet a House veto-override roll call posted on the bill’s official vote history.
What local readers should watch Wednesday
If the House takes up the vetoes, the immediate local stakes are how Hollo’s and Setzer’s names sit on two statewide bills that would change firearms-carry rules and the process for removing unauthorized people from property — and whether Adams, Setzer and Hollo’s House colleagues cast override votes that stick.
Catawba First News will update after Wednesday’s session if the House takes override votes or pulls any of the five bills back off the calendar.
Earlier coverage: Catawba Democrats say vote NO on the property tax amendment · Potential amendment to cap property taxes has NC counties concerned · Five takeaways from the 2026 legislative session.
Source note
Bill pages and calendars from the North Carolina General Assembly — SB 50, HB 96, House calendar for Sept. 30, 2026, Senate vote transcript RCS 432, House vote transcript RCS 426, Catawba County representation.
Cover: File photo, not Wednesday’s session. The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh. Photo: Jmturner via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
