Legislative Updates

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…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was our third week of the regular session.  It featured many meetings, many new bills, and a celebration of a youth organization over 100 years old. Monday night is usually a quiet session with no floor votes.  However, last Monday, February 11th, was a celebration of 109…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was our second week of the new 2019 – 2020 session.  It started slowly, but picked up speed on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.   Tuesdays are going to be committee days this session, and most of our floor votes will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Last week only…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly included committee assignments for the 2019 – 2020 session and some early bill filings.  There were two floor sessions, but only one procedural vote. After missing the January 9th swearing in ceremony in Raleigh due to medical reasons, I had been sworn in on January 18th at…

Each week in the North Carolina General Assembly this month feels like it should be the last for this session, but we keep coming back. When we adjourned the short session in late June and set a date of November 27th to return, most of us assumed it would be for a week. Then,Hurricane Florence happened. After…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly began and ended on Monday the 15th.  We expanded the legislation for Hurricane Florence recovery that we had begun two weeks earlier before returning to our districts in time for early voting, which started Wednesday.  A lot of work had gone on for two weeks, along with close…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly could be described as “short and sweet”.  It was short due to the large amount of work done in advance by the bill drafters and the legislative leaders.  It could be called “sweet” due to the preliminary agreement by those leaders and the Governor that something had…