Members of the House of Representatives and Senate met in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2005 and 2006.

It also approved new ethics laws for government officials and increased the state's minimum wage.

[1][2] The North Carolina State House, during the 2005–06 session, consisted of 63 Democrats and 57 Republicans.

Several Republicans, Richard T. Morgan most prominent among them, continued to support the Democratic majority on some issues, as they had in the previous legislature (when the house was evenly divided by party).

[1] The North Carolina State Senate, during the 2005–06 session, consisted of 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans.