Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: SB 146
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Commissioner decries racism, sexism as H.S. sports overhaul bill advances
The N.C. Senate Finance Committee approved a bill Thursday that would dramatically alter high school sports governance in the state and end 110 years of control by the N.C. High School Athletics Association. The organization’s commissioner, Que Tucker, tells media that she believes the bill is the product of racism.
U.S. Supreme Court backs donor privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court backed donor privacy in a decision released Thursday, July 1. The closely watched ruling was based on a case from California in which the state's then-Attorney General Kamala Harris tried to require nonprofit organizations to disclose the identities of donors by requiring them to file an unredacted “Schedule B” with their taxes, which would reveal the identities of anyone giving $5,000 or more in money or goods.
Cooper vetoes bill banning abortions based on race, Down syndrome
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill to ban abortions based on an unborn child's race or the presence of Down syndrome. It's his second veto in a week and third overall this year.
Governor Cooper signs bill into law
Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: SB 582.
Governor Cooper signs one bill into law, vetoes one bill
"For the safety of students and teachers, North Carolina should keep guns off school grounds."
Governor Cooper signs five bills into law
Governor Roy Cooper signed five bills into a law. Read the Bills in the article.
Governor Cooper signs two bills into law
"Organ donation brings life and hope from tragedy, and this legislation helps reduce the waiting list of people waiting for life saving transplants."
Senate passes public-disclosure bill, which now returns to House
A bill to provide more transparency to the public regarding performance and disciplinary records of government employees moved one step closer to becoming law Monday evening as House Bill 64, Government Transparency Act of 2021, passed its third reading in the N.C. Senate. If enacted as law, the new requirements would apply to state employees and workers in local school districts, counties, cities, and colleges and universities.
Senate votes to ban abortions based on race, gender, or Down Syndrome
Jaden Ng, 13, and her family sat in the gallery on Thursday morning to watch the N.C. Senate vote to ban abortions sought based on the likelihood of Down syndrome, the condition Jaden has had her entire life.
Cooper signs Republican bill to shorten driver permit period
A bill temporarily shortening the length of time required for a driving learner’s permit was signed by Gov. Roy Cooper this week. Republican bill sponsors proposed Senate Bill 69 in response to the growing waiting list of new drivers seeking a spot in mandatory driver’s education classes after the state Division of Motor Vehicles and driving schools were shut down during COVID.
Governor Cooper signs two bills into law
Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: SB 69 & SB 172.
Bill that helps N.C. distillers clears House, heads to Senate
A bill advancing decades’ long work to reform the state’s liquor monopoly passed in the N.C. House and heads now to the Senate.
Bill would keep public schools from exclusively teaching critical race theory
The teaching of critical race theory as the only explanation of America’s past would be outlawed in public schools under a bill approved by the N.C. House Education Committee on Tuesday, May 11.
Bill to expand care for children with Autism approved by Legislature, sent to Governor
Today, the state legislature gave final approval to legislation introduced by House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) and Senate Majority Whip Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) to streamline and expand access to care for children with autism.
Legislation would ease health care red tape, boost access to care
Legislation introduced in this session of the General Assembly seeks to reduce restrictions created by certificate of need laws, which critics say reduce access to health care and increase costs.
Collusive settlements bill moves through N.C. Senate
The N.C. Senate passed a bill along party lines on Tuesday, April 27, that would require the state attorney general’s office to get sign-off from the legislature before reaching a settlement on a lawsuit in which the General Assembly is a party.
Republicans use Democrats’ words against them as voter ID case continues
During day two of a trial in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law, Senate Republicans highlighted supportive comments uttered by Democrats when the General Assembly approved the law in 2018.
State senators move to make nonprofit donor names private
A new bill supported by influential N.C. senators would protect the confidentiality of donors to nonprofit organizations and charities.
Legislature sends Cooper bills designed to address learning losses
Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.