Legislative Updates

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…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we began meeting daily to work on the budget, our policy committees began meeting to approve bills for referral to the House floor, and we approved several bills adjusting tax laws and unemployment insurance. Early Tuesday morning we began meeting with our individual appropriations committees to work…

Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives we passed two bills out of the House Transportation Committee dealing with ferries and with light rail projects, we honored our veterans with a resolution on the House floor, and we completed the individual sections of the House budget. Last Tuesday the House Transportation Committee took…