Legislative Updates

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was shortened by the Easter break, but we managed to get in almost a week’s work in two full days.  We spent most of our time and energy on the House side finishing up the area budgets and getting bills considered in long committee meetings due to…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we had a shortened week, but managed to squeeze in some very interesting and controversial bills, had long committee meetings and almost finalized one phase of the state budget process. The week was shorter than usual, due to an Easter break that had been planned at the…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we had filed almost 1400 bills in the House and Senate, we had some controversial bills in committees on abortion and transportation safety, and we were working many hours early and late on the various areas of the House version of the state budget. By Thursday the…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we exceeded 1200 bills filed so far, the House passed landmark legislation in education and law enforcement, and the House was digging deeply into the state budget. As of Thursday, the House members had filed 590 bills and the Senate had leaped up to 672, a total…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we passed the 900 mark on the number of bills introduced by the House and Senate combined.  We will certainly pass the 1000 bills filed in the typical long session. We also continued to meet jointly with our Senate colleagues each morning to review the various departments…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we had dozens of bills being heard in committees, we appointed 12 members to the UNC Board of Governors, and we continued to hear from the departments on their plans and needs for the state budget. Two of my major committees, Transportation and Education K-12 heard more…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we saw increased activity once again.  It was the seventh full week of the 2019 long session.  Filing of bills increased, as did committee meetings and floor votes in the House and Senate. We are up to approximately 600 bills filed in the House and Senate combined. …

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly the House of Representatives voted on several school safety bills, the House and Senate heard the Governor’s budget proposal, and we continued to file bills at a rapid pace. Our normal schedule this session is to meet with most of our committees on Tuesday and have most…

Last week was the fifth week of the 2019 long session at the North Carolina General Assembly.  Between the House and the Senate about 400 bills have been filed, and many are being heard in committees.  We heard from the Governor at his State of the State address Monday night, and heard from many advocates…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was our fourth week of the 2019 long session.  Discussions about the upcoming biennial budget for 2019 – 2021 took up a lot of our time.  We were also working on bills to be introduced and meeting with groups of advocates as well as with visitors from…