The North Carolina legislature has appointed a conference committee to work on HB 373, the bill on primary dates. The current law says the presidential primary is in February and the primary for other office is in May. The legislature almost certainly will set a later date for the presidential primary, because the February date violates national party rules. The most difficult aspect of the bill to predict is whether the legislature will move the non-presidential primary from May to March.

The conference committee members can be seen using this link. There are nine Republicans and two Democrats on the committee. Senator Bob Rucho is on the committee. He had been the original champion of holding the presidential primary in February, a few years ago.