Posts by Frank Iler

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives we had sessions on the House floor four days, read in bills, but took no votes and had our first group of House pages on duty. The first full week in the 2017 session began with no votes on the House floor.  Bills were being read…

The first week of the 2017 General Assembly began last Wednesday at noon. The first full week will began Monday of this week.  Last week we received our committee assignments and our gavels for the committees we will chair, saw several important bills filed, and had a chance to sponsor or cosponsor several bills. Getting…

December 19, 2016   From the Legislature: Last week in the General Assembly we held two special sessions in four days, we passed a $200 million disaster recovery bill, and we passed election and bureaucratic reform. Last Tuesday, we were called into session by the Governor to deal with Hurricane Matthew and wildfire disaster relief and…

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives we passed the 2016 – 2017 state budget, we had a flurry of state and local bills that passed and some that didn’t, and we adjourned the session for 2016. After just two weeks of negotiations, the House and Senate budget writers agreed on the state…

  Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives we got closer to a final 2016 -2017 budget bill, we modified a major transportation bill, we saw two bills of local interest studied, and we received more visitors from back home. Our senior House budget chairs continued to work toward a compromise budget with…

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives, we got closer to a budget for 2016 – 2017, passed a major regulatory reform bill, and welcomed some important visitors from back home. After receiving the budget bill, House Bill 1030, from the Senate the previous week, we got to work to negotiate the differences…

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives:  we did not concur with the Senate budget, we made adjustments to the ethics laws, we passed local bills on de-annexation and town charter changes, and we greeted town officials from the county and around the state. On Wednesday, we took up House Bill 1030 –…

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives: we passed two major transportation bills, one I sponsored and one I opposed, we got a glimpse of the Senate’s version of the 2016 – 2017 budget, and we saw two bills involving Sunset Beach pass the Senate. Last Monday, I was privileged to attend the…