The North Carolina General Assembly has been in session since January. May 9th was 'crossover day', a self-imposed deadline that separates legislation that has support to pass from that which does not. Bills that have not passed at least one chamber by May 9th are likely dead through the end of 2020, though there are exceptions.
The full list of bills introduced by WNC legislators can be found below. By clicking on each bill number, you can read the bill in full. These bills are just those that WNC legislators are a primary sponsor. Lawmakers can add their names to bills as secondary sponsors to show their support of the measure. By clicking on each lawmakers name, you can see which bills WNC legislators have added their names to as secondary sponsors.
Many of these bills will not pass, nor will many even be voted on. Each must be passed by both chamber before it can head to the governor's desk. To do that, bills must go through a committee or committees in the respective chamber it is introduced and receive majority support from that committee or committees. If that occurs, the bill then must be approved by a majority of the full chamber (second and third reader votes). It then heads to the other chamber, where it again must go through a committee before it can get a floor vote. (For further reading about the legislative process and clues that a bill has a chance of passing, read this column from Colin Campbell of NCInsider)
This story will be updated each week to track the progress of these bills, as well as adding new measures introduced by WNC legislators.
* = bill has bipartisan primary sponsors
SENATORS
Jim Davis (Republican District 50 - Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain)
SB 61* – Allows handicapped license plates to be issued to registered vehicle owners who are parents or guardians of a handicapped person (passed Senate on 47-0 vote March 5th)
SB 105* – Implements requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program (passed Senate vote on 50-0 vote March 12th)
SB 106* – Clarifies when limited immunity can be offered for those who report drug overdose victims to emergency authorities (passed Senate on 47-0 vote March 11th)
SB 112* – Would allow state DMV to ‘conditionally restore’ driver’s licenses to those who successfully complete a drug treatment or DWI treatment program
SB 113 – Allows a person to provide emergency contact information to the NC DMV for use by law enforcement in an emergency (passed Senate on 50-0 vote March 12th)
SB 114 – Placeholder bill for local Senate District 50 bill
SB 143 – SAVE ACT, changes various nursing regulations
SB 151 – Increases penalties for breaking and entering into a pharmacy (passed Senate on a 40-4 vote March 18th, passed House on 113-3 vote June 12th, signed by Governor June 21st)
SB 154 – Authorizes sports event gambling at casinos on tribal lands, including the two casinos owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee and Murphy (passed Senate on 43 - 7 vote April 9th, vote in House scheduled for July 15th)
SB 193* - Imposes liability insurance requirements on motorcross racing facilities open to the public
SB 248 - Changes laws regarding the transfer of salvage vehicles
SB 251* - Establishes 'judicially managed accountability' and recovery courts where there are none currently in the state
SB 252 - Dental Bill of Rights, clarifies rights for patients and providers for healthcare plans that cover dental services (passed Senate on 43-0 vote May 8th, passed House on 119-0 vote June 5th, signed by Governor June 14th)
SB 304 - Updates the definition of physical therapy in the state to include 'the manipulation of the spine without a prescription from a physician licensed to practice medicine' in North Carolina
SB 307- Would allow the Swain County board of commissioners to manage and spend parts of the financial settlement with the federal government for the so-called 'Road to Nowhere'
SB 352 - Makes changes to definitions of controlled substances in the state (passed Senate on 49-0 vote May 2nd)
SB 440* - Makes changes to the definition and regulation of body art
SB 441- Designates Jackson County as 'Trout Capital of North Carolina'
SB 442 - Requires the state Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission to study whether to reduce sentences for drug trafficking
SB 443 - Seeks the state to get a waiver from the federal government to prevent SNAP from being used to purchase food of 'little or no nutritional value', including but not limited to soft drinks, candy, cakes, and cookies
SB 446 - Adjusts registration fees for electric hybrid vehicles
SB 480* - Makes changes to state law regarding the acceptance of subdivision streets by NC DOT
SB 535 - Clarifies statutes dealing with the Conservation Corps of North Carolina (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th, passed House on 118-0 vote July 8th, sent to Governor)
SB 545 - Seeks to remove certain barriers for jobs in state agencies and state government for those with criminal records
SB 546 - Opioid Epidemic Response Act, includes eliminating need for buprenorphine subscribers to register with the state
SB 574* - Changes the definition of physical therapy in the state around chiropractic practice (passed Senate on 44-1 vote May 8th, bill amended by House to create North Carolina Gaming Commission to regulate all gambling in state July 10th, passed House on 86-26 vote July 11th)
SB 598* - Provides reimbursements to local fire departments that protect state lands
SB 605 - Transfers funds from state Department of Transportation to be used as disaster relief funds (passed Senate on 48-0 vote April 29th, passed House on 99-1 vote May 15th, signed by Governor May 16th)
SB 606 - Prioritizes use of native North Carolina trees, shrubs, grasses, vines, and legumes in highway rights-of-way (passed Senate on 44-0 vote April 17th, passed House on 115-0 vote July 10th, sent to Governor July 12th)
SB 607 - Ensures money to be spent on highway construction and maintenace is not diverted to state general fund
SB 608 - Transfers funds from reserve highway fund to be used by state Department of Transportation for disaster relief
SB 668 - Prevents insanity defense from being used in a criminal trial, sentencing, and post-conviction appeals for those with a severe mental disability if it was caused by prior drug or alcohol abuse
SB 682 - Implements state constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2018 extending more protections for victims of crime (passed Senate on 47-0 vote July 9th)
Chuck Edwards (Republican District 48 - Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania)
SB 86 – Allows small employers to have more access to purchasing association health plans for employees (passed Senate on 38-8 vote March 14th)
SB 138 – Would move municipal elections in the town of Black Mountain to even-numbered years (passed Senate on May 23rd, passed House June 13th, does not need signature of governor)
SB 139 – Would move municipal elections in the town of Montreat to even-numbered years (passed Senate on May 23rd, passed House June 13th, does not need signature of governor)
SB 140 – Placeholder bill for local Senate District 48 bill
SB 141 – Revises various laws in order to maintain accreditation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as recommended by the state Department of Insurance
SJR 174 – Confirms governor’s re-appointment of Raymond Banks as North Carolina Commissioner of Banks
SB 211 - Makes changes to various insurance laws as recommended by the state Department of Insurance
SB 267* - Restricts the spending of a Buncombe County quarter-cent sales tax hike approved by voters in 2011 to A-B Tech (passed Senate July 2nd)
SB 268 - Extends deadline to apply for Hurricane Florence disaster relief
SB 269 - Exempts certain equipment used for cutting stone and stone products from sales tax
SB 316 - Directs all cities with population above 90-thousand to report to the General Assembly how many affordable housing units in their municipalities are being used that are subsidized or are overseen by the local government (passed Senate on 49-0 vote May 2nd)
SB 326 - Appropriates funds to promote travel and tourism in the state
SB 342 - Appropriates additional funds for the operation the NC Military Business Center
SB 354 - Requires fair notice and impact statement for the closure or restructuring of a charter school (passed Senate on 43-0 vote May 8th)
SB 381* - Reconstitutes the Clean Water Management Trust Fund board of trustees and the Parks and Recreation Authority (passed Senate on 37-0 vote April 18th, amended and passed House on 119-0 vote June 5th, amended version passed by Senate on 46-0 vote June 11th, signed by Governor June 21st)
SB 382* - Increases pay for school psychologists and creates school psychologist recruitment and retention program
SB 390 - Financial study of DuPont State Forest and creation of in-state and out-of-state user fees (passed Senate on 44-0 vote April 17th)
SB 415 - Gives law enforcement officers the right to testify in front of a grand jury of that officer is facing criminal charges for an alleged offense that occurred while that officer was on-duty
SB 466 - Makes modifications concerning the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (passed Senate 49-0 vote May 2nd, passed House on 112-1 vote June 19th, signed by Governor June 26th)
SB 507 - Allows the use of private process servers in evictions in counties with population greater than 250-thousand
SB 520 - Requires ethics training for school finance officers that mirrors those of associate and assistant superintendents
SB 532 - Institutes various requirements during living probate proceedings and wills (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th, House vote scheduled for July 15th)
SB 533 - Requires public schools to permit 'patriotic society presentations' at the beginning of each school year for no more than one hour
SB 534* - Makes various changes to outdoor advertising laws
SB 535 - Clarifies statutes dealing with the Conservation Corps of North Carolina (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th, House vote scheduled for July 8th)
SB 556 - Updates statutes regarding the provision of services with people first language as recommended by General Statutes Commission (passed Senate on 49-0 vote May 2nd, amended and passed by House on 107-1 vote June 20th, amended version passed by Senate on 44-0 vote June 25th, signed by Governor July 1st)
SB 596 - Makes it disorderly conduct if a person makes unreasonable noise with the intent to infringe upon another's exercising of their right to free speech
SB 597 - Creates a five-tier economic distress system that can be used in addition to current development tier system
SB 598* - Provides reimbursements to local fire deparments that protect state lands
SB 599- Makes various changes to state short-term disability benefits (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th)
SB 637 - Requires anyone charged with a felony or impaired driving offense be held in detention for 48 hours if an ICE detainer is out against them
SB 638 - Amends authority of state Department of Insurance and Department of Administration to inspect state-owned buildings and properties
SB 639 - Makes various changes in reporting of local education funds and budgets
Ralph Hise (Republican District 47 - Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey)
SB 56 – Makes technical changes to revenue laws (passed Senate on 49-0 vote Feb. 27th, passed House 105-0 vote March 14th, signed by Governor March 20th)
SB 75 – Restores number of judges on North Carolina Court of Appeals to 15 (passed Senate 47-0 vote Feb. 27th, passed House on 115-1 vote Feb. 27th, signed by Governor Feb. 27th)
SB 127 – Clarifies protections for state employees that report violations of state and federal law (passed Senate on 44-0 vote March 7th, passed House on 64-48 vote June 25th, signed by Governor July 4th)
SB 143– SAVE Act, changes various nursing regulations
SB 144 – Subjects prepaid health plans licensed by NC Department of Insurance to the gross premium tax (passed Senate on 49-1 vote Feb. 27th)
SB 145 – Placeholder bill for local Senate District 47 bill
SB 146 – Makes the ‘Linville Caverns Spider’ the state spider of North Carolina
SB 160* – Establishes ‘Life Changing Experiences’ school pilot program in Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, and Pitt County schools
SB 161 – Enacts 'North Caroline Caregivers Act', defines ‘caregivers’ in the state (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th)
SB 163 – Requires parental notification and agreement needed for ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders for un-emancipated minors
SB 168* – Expands allowable medicinal uses for CBD oil (passed Senate on 42-4 vote April 10th)
SB 172 – Makes the Gold Festival in Old Fort the official 'Gold Festival of North Carolina'
SB 192 - Would give pay raises to teachers that carry guns in schools after receiving specialized training
SB 208 - Removes size restrictions on political signs placed on private property with permission of property owner (passed Senate on 44-5 vote May 2nd)
SB 212 - Suspends development of the North Carolina Families Accessing Services Through Technology (NCFAST) system as it relates for the child welfare system and aging and adult services program (passed Senate on 49-0 vote May 2nd)
SB 214 - Delays enforcement of state constitutional amendment mandating photo identification to vote until the 2020 election (passed Senate on 29-21 vote March 12th, passed House on 116-0 vote March 13th, signed by Governor March 14th)
SB 220* - Allows any citizen to remove a political sign that is in a public right-of-way thirty days after the date when political signs are to be removed, establishes penalties for those who do not turn in removed signs to the county elections board where the sign was located within 72 hours of the signs' removal (passed Senate on 46-0 vote April 2nd, amended and passed on House on 111-1 vote June 25th, amended version passed Senate on 48-0 vote June 27th, signed by Governor July 11th)
SB 221* - Prohibits notaries public who are elected officials or candidates for public office from notarizing absentee ballots
SB 222* - Requires state elections board to verify political party subcommittees
SB 241* - Requires that a county or municipal recreation program provide concussion awareness information and a response protocol for certain athletic activities
SB 249 - Allows licensed marriage and family therapists to conduct initial examinations for involuntary commitment of individuals with mental illness or substance abuse disorders
SB 284 - Verifies state auditor can make examinations into various actions of state agencies (passed Senate on 28-19 vote on May 7th)
SB 285 - Reinstates the 'Main Street Program' for the town of Burnsville
SB 302 - Authorizes adult care homes to use service plans completed as the result of a Medicaid personal care services assessment to fulfill the activities of daily living portions of required service plans or care plans for adult home care residents (passed Senate on 50-0 vote April 30th, amended and approved by House on 112-1 vote July 11th)
SB 303 - Repeals the payroll deduction for public employee payments to employees associations
SB 318- Gives parents right to review materials for and consent for their children to participate in school education programs for reproductive health, mental and emotional health, anti-bullying, and anti-harassment
SB 323 - Exempts providers of physician office-based vascular access procedures from certificate of need review
SB 326 - Appropriates funds to promote travel and tourism in the state
SB 333* - Establishes joint legislative task force to study sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes
SB 336 - Appropriates funds for the Smart Start program
SB 359 - Allows health care practicioners to be charged with murder and fined up to $250-thousand if a child is born-alive following an abortion and is then killed (passed Senate on 28-19 vote April 15th, passed House on 65-46 vote April 16th, vetoed by Governor April 18th, Senate overrode veto on 30-20 vote April 30th, House vote to override veto 67-53 on June 5th, veto override failed)
SB 361- Makes various changes to state laws around healthcare access (passed Senate on 48-0 vote June 26th)
SB 380 - Creates two new state trails in Western North Carolina (passed Senate on 50-0 vote April 30th)
SB 386 - Makes changes to how healthcare providers notify and bill patients
SB 387 - Creates work requirements for North Carolina Medicaid program
SB 408 - Makes revisions to pension benefits for teachers and state employees, allows state treasurer to conduct criminal background checks (passed Senate on 31-17 vote May 6th)
SB 453 - Requires SNAP benefit recipients cooperate with Child Support Enforcement Program
SB 501* - Designates November as 'Marrow Donation Awareness Month' in North Carolina
SB 523 - Makes various changes to revenue laws (passed Senate on 42-0 vote June 20th)
SB 535 - Clarifies statutes dealing with the Conservation Corps of North Carolina (passed Senate on 47-0 vote May 7th, House vote scheduled for July 8th)
SB 537 - Establishes new payment methodology for adult care homes providing care to North Carolina Medicaid recipients (passed Senate on 48-0 vote April 29th)
SB 538 - Appropriates funds to provide temporary financial assistance for facilities licensed to accept state-county special assistance
SB 539 - Repeals North Carolina's certificate of need laws
SB 540 - Provides tuition grants be provided to state residents who graduate from North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to attend constituent instutions of University of North Carolina
SB 541 - Permits students that attend a public, private, or home school without an interscholastic athletic program participate in that activity at a local high school
SB 542 - Establishes a Cybersecurity Regional Training Center in Black Mountain
SB 543* - Appropriates funds for 'Reach Out And Read Carolinas' program
SB 544 - Directs healthcare providers to initiate acute or chronic pain management care with non-opioid alternatives whenever possible
SB 551 - Directs state Department of Health and Human Services to require individuals receiving SNAP benefits to cooperate with Child Support Enforcement Program (passed Senate on 33-15 vote May 6th)
SB 556 - Updates statutes regarding the provision of services with people first language as recommended by General Statutes Commission (passed Senate on 49-0 vote May 2nd, amended and passed House on 107-1 vote June 20th, amended version passed by Senate on 44-0 vote June 25th, signed by Governor July 1st)
SB 559* - Permits financing for certain storm recovery costs (passed Senate on 27-21 vote May 2nd)
SB 568 - Requires responsible decommissioning of utlity-scale solar and wind energy facilities upon cessation of activities at those facilities, requires recycling of all end-of-life solar energy equipment located within the state
SB 622 - Cuts certain taxes, increases deductions, makes other tax law changes (passed Senate on 28-13 vote May 20th)
SB 626 - Limits who can help certain voters with absentee ballots, requires verification of address when address of a voter requesting an absentee ballot differs from residence listed in voter's county of registration
SB 632 - Establishes standards for regulating the licensure of pharmacy benefits managers providing claims, processing services, or other prescription drug or drug device services for health benefit plans
SB 633 - Establishes licensure process and annual license fees for birth centers
SB 634 - Creates Infant-Toddler Certificate or Preschool Certificate for teachers of Early Childhood Education
SB 635 - Makes changes to the composition of the B-3 Interagency Council
SB 636 - Appropriates funds and increases rates for foster care
SB 637 - Requires anyone charged with a felony or impaired driving offense be held in detention for 48 hours if an ICE detainer is out against them
SB 646 - Amends certificate of needs laws
SB 649 - Requires state agencies and licensing boards use SAVE system to verify immigration status of all applicants for public benefits
SB 650 - Makes various changes to local sales tax distributions
SB 683 - Clarifies who can handle a mail-in ballot, restores early voting hours for last Saturday before an election (passed Senate on 49-0 vote July 9th)
Terry Van Duyn (Democrat District 49 Buncombe)
SB 89 – Placeholder bill for local Senate District 49 bill
SB 112* – Would allow state DMV to ‘conditionally restore’ driver’s licenses to those who successfully complete a drug treatment or DWI treatment program
SB 137– Would increase state minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years, increasing tipped wage, mandating paid sick leave and family medical leave, prohibits hiring authorities from inquiring about criminal history of applicants until a conditional employment offer is made (so-called 'ban the box'), repeals public employee collective bargaining restrictions
SB 184 - Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
SB 267* - Restricts the spending of a Buncombe County quarter-cent sales tax hike approved by voters in 2011 to A-B Tech (passed Senate on July 2nd)
SB 294 - Makes Election Day when a statewide election is being held a state holiday in North Carolina
SB 337* - Establishes a 'Rethinking Guardanship' workgroup to study potential changes to state laws
SB 338 - Requires state utilities commission to create tiered electricity rates for residential, commercial, public, and industrial customers, creates incentives for residents to purchase Energy Star qualified household products
SB 339 - Urges the U.S. Congress to pass a constitutional amendment declaring constitutional rights to belong only to individuals and not corporations and artifical entities, declares constitutionally protected free speech excludes unlimited spending on political campaign contributions
SB 426 - Bans conversion therapy for minors and adults with disabilities
SB 463* - Prohibits trains or light engines carrying freight from operating in the state unless it has a crew of at least two people
SB 464 - Fully repeals 2016's HB2
SB 513 - Establishes goal of 100% clean energy in North Carolina by the year 2050
SB 575 - Repeals prohibition on public employee collective bargaining
SB 628 - Defines day laborers, makes certain requirements of their employers
SB 658 - Requires notifications and disclosures of price increases for prescription drugs
SB 673 - Calls for amendment to state constitution creating independent commission for redistricting (must be approved by voters via referendum)
REPRESENTATIVES
John Ager (Democrat District 115 - Buncombe)
HB 103* – Allows for the retail sale of raw milk for human consumption
HB 334* - Supports construction and operation of new field honey bee laboratory for the North Carolina State University honey bee research program
HB 341 - NC Sunshine Act, requires all sessions of state senate and state house of representatives broadcast via live video stream and publicly archived, requires all legislative committee meetings broadcast via live video stream and publicly archived except those exempted by current regulations
HB 559* - Pollinator Protection Act, establishes limits on who can use of neonicotinoid-containing pesticides
HB 592* - Creates space on income tax returns where payers can make donations to the protection of land, water, and other natural resources (passed House on 106-3 vote April 16th)
HB 762 - Repeals law prohibiting state Department of Health & Human Services from seeking certain waivers from SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents
HB 840 - Prohibits harvesting of wild ginseng without a state permit
HB 841 - Creates study on impact of harvesting and overharvesting of wild ginseng and other native plants
HB 964 - Restores single-stream funding to local management entities/managed care organizations
HB 970* - Creates incentives for beginning farming operations by broadening which agricultural lands qualify for the present-use property tax benefit
Kevin Corbin (Republican District 120 - Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon)
HB 7 – Creates occupancy tax for areas outside of incorporated areas of Graham County (passed House on 100-10 vote on March 7th)
HB 8 – Allows residents living in out-of-state counties contiguous Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties to receive in-state tuition rates at Tri-County Community College (passed House on 116-1 vote March 20th)
HB 23 – Allows for flexibility in setting start and closing days of school calendars for Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Macon Counties
HB 96 – Revises state geographically isolated schools formula regarding the allocation of teachers for Currituck County
HB 97 – Increases the transportation efficiency budget rating for Currituck County schools
HB 98 – Makes the intentional shining of a light on a wild animal from the right-of-way of any road in Clay and Macon Counties from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise a Class 2 misdemeanor offense (passed House on March 20th, amended and approved by Senate om 49-0 vote for July 8th, House approved amended version 105-0 vote July 9th)
HB 118– First Responders Act, creates new state income tax deduction for firefighters, property tax homestead exclusions for surviving spouses of qualifying emergency personnel, allows qualifying emergency medical personnel to have concealed carry while on duty (passed House on 117-0 vote May 7th)
HB 144* – Hands Free NC, bans all handheld cell phone use by drivers (passed House on 92-23 vote May 7th)
HB 219 - Revises various laws in order to maintain accreditation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as recommended by state Department of Insurance (passed House on 107-0 vote April 29th, passed Senate on 42-0 vote June 20th, signed by Governor June 26th)
HB 220 – Makes technical and clarifying changes to state insurance laws and recommended by state Department of Insurance (passed House on 116-0 vote May 2nd, amended and passed by Senate on 48-0 vote July 9th)
HB 221 – Amends insurance-rate making laws as recommended by state Department of Insurance (passed House on 115-2 vote May 7th)
HB 222– Makes technical and clarifying changes to state insurance laws as recommended by state department of insurance (passed House on 114-0 vote April 30th)
HB 302- Authorizes sports event gambling at casinos on tribal lands, including the two casinos owned by Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee and Murphy
HB 379 - Appropriates funds from home visiting services provided by the Nurse-Family Partnership
HB 411 - Modifies the School Quality and Student Success Indicator for the purposes of complying with federal law for grades 9 through 12 (passed House on 114-0 vote April 10th, amended and passed by Senate on 48-0 vote on June 26th, amended version passed House on 114-0 vote on July 9th, sent to Governor July 11th)
HB 430 - Requires ethics training for school finance officers that mirrors those of associate and assistant superintendents
HB 431 - Authorizes counties and cities to build and lease facilities and equipment for broadband services
HB 544 - Creates NCAMC/NCACC license plate (passed House on 100-0 vote May 15th)
HB 553- Requires licensing and permitting for individuals and firms that install and service portable fire extinguishers and fire supression systems (passed House on 95-1 vote on June 11th)
HB 591 - Makes changes to the implementation of advanced math courses for grades three and higher
HB 684* - Appropriates funds for Best Buddies North Carolina
HB 730* - Allows 'doorstep' refuse and recycling containers to be placed in exit access corridors of certain apartments under certain conditions (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 755* - Creates framework for sale of travel insurance in North Carolina (passed House on 110-0 vote May 3rd, passed Senate on 49-0 vote July 8th, sent to Governor July 10th)
HB 761 - Clarifies that local health departments and the applicable permitting authority shall have no liability for causes of legal action arising from wastewater improvements or systems designed, constructed, and installed in reliance upon the site verification performed by a licensed soil scientist or licensed geologist (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd, amended and passed by Senate on 45-0 vote July 1st, amended version passed House on 117-1 vote July 8th)
HB 814* - Prohibits trains or light engines carrying freight from operating in the state unless it has a crew of at least two people
HB 940* - Allows health care providers to report threats of violence upon allegations from a child under the age of 18 during the course of treatment
HB 970* - Creates incentives for beginning farming operations by broadening which agricultural lands qualify for the present-use property tax benefit
Josh Dobson (Republican District 85 - Avery, McDowell, Mitchell)
HB 21 – Revises residency for election districts of McDowell County Board of Education (passed House April 11th)
HB 70 – Extends deadline certain providers are required to participate in NC HealthConnex (passed House on 110-0 vote March 27th, amended and passed by Senate on 47-0 vote May 30th, amended version passed by House 110-0 vote June 4th, signed by governor June 6th)
HB 73 – Mandates instruction on ‘civic responsibility’ in elementary and middle school history and geography courses, and a course in high schools on the ‘founding principles of the United State and the state of North Carolina’ as recommended by House select committee on school safety (passed House on 113-2 vote March 6th)
HB 74 – Increases funding for school resource officer grants as recommended by House select committee on school safety as recommended by House select committee on school safety (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 75 – Develops mental health screening process for children in schools as recommended by House select committee on school safety (passed House on 113-0 vote March 6th)
HB 102* – Appropriates funds to enhance the Permanency Innovation Initiative
HB 114 – Subjects prepaid health plans licensed by state department of insurance to the gross premiums tax (passed House on 104-6 vote on March 7th)
HB 124* – Appropriates $60-million for next three years to Smart Start program
HB 126 – Includes tissue donation as part of the driver’s license donor authorization (passed House on 112-0 vote April 16th, Senate vote scheduled for July 15th)
HB 133* – Develops pilot program to offer health care services to veterans in Cumberland County
HB 175 – Gives flexibility for start and closing dates for school calendars for Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico, and Washington
HB 184* – Slows changes made to the health insurance plan for state workers approved in 2012 (passed House on 75-36 vote April 3rd)
HB 185* – SAVE Act, changes various nursing regulations
HB 207* – Gives flexibility for start and closing dates for school calendars in Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, and Watauga Counties
HB 230 - Establishes ‘Life Changing Experiences’ school pilot program in Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, and Pitt County schools
HB 234 – Appropriates $5-million for the upcoming fiscal year to child advocacy centers
HB 250* – Amends statutes to ensure state department of health and human services complies with federal law (passed House on 113-0 vote April 10th)
HB 269* – Enacts the ‘North Carolina Caregivers Act’, defines 'caregivers' in the state
HB 290 - Appropriates funds for Marketing Association for Rehabilitation Centers (MARC) Incorporated
HB 297 - Establishes a 'psychology interjurisdictional compact' (passed House on 109-0 vote March 27th)
HB 318* - Establishes the right of a patient to elect non-opioid prescriptions and treatment, requires state department of health and human services to develop and post on its website an official form for patients to voluntarily opt out of opioid prescriptions and treatment
HB 325* - Authorizes adult care homes to use service plans completed as the result of a Medicaid personal care services assessment to fulfill the activities of daily living portions of required service plans or care plans for adult home care residents (passed House on 111-0 vote April 16th, amended by Senate June 20th to make bill drop requirement that buprenorphine prescribers register with state and broaden objectives of syringe exchange programs, amended version approved by Senate on 48-0 vote June 27th, amended version passed by House on 92-25 vote July 10th, sent to Governor July 12th)
HB 335 - Appropriates funds to reduce the waitlist for home and community block grant services
HB 358* - Establishes and appropriates funds for a community paramedicine program with the state department of health and human services
HB 379 - Appropriates funds from home visiting services provided by the Nurse-Family Partnership
HB 385* - Prohibits the dispensing of raw milk and raw milk products to independent or partial owners of lactating animals for personal use or consumption
HB 388* - Allows immunizing pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to people ages 10 and older and all vaccines recommended by the CDC to those ages 18 and older (passed House on 114-0 vote April 10th, passed Senate on 48-0 vote May 28th, signed by Governor June 3rd)
HB 431 - Authorizes counties and cities to build and lease facilities and equipment for broadband services
HB 439 - Appropriates funds to reduced the caseload sizes of care managers assigned to the Treatment Accountability For Safer Communities program
HB 440 - Appropriates funds to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Burke County
HB 450 - Seeks to increase access to abuse-deterrent opioid analgesics (passed House on 108-2 May 3rd)
HB 464* - Establishes standards for association health plans
HB 471* - Establishes workgroup to examine and make recommendations on eliminating administrative duplication for mental health, intellectual/developmental disability, and substance use disorder providers (passed House on 111-0 vote April 16th)
HB 472* - Appropriates funds to North Carolina A&T University in order to secure federal funds to support research
HB 482 - Increases pay for school psychologists and creates school psychologist recruitment and retention program
HB 487* - Appropriates funds for short-term workforce continuing education training that leads to state or industry-recognized credentials
HB 488 - Appropriates funds to deal with staff shortages at intermediate care facility group homes for those intellectual disabilities
HB 532 - Creates the Overmountain Victory State Trail and Wilderness Gateway State Trail in Western North Carolina (passed House on 113-0 vote April 29th, amended bill passed Senate on 46-0 vote May 21st, amended bill passed House on 110-5 vote May 28th, signed by Governor June 3rd)
HB 535 - Appropriates funds to Reach Out And Read Carolinas
HB 539* - Appropriates funds to provide temporary financial assistance to facilities licensed to accept state-county special assistance
HB 540 - Increases judicial discretion in sentencing for drug trafficking offenses, requiring state sentencing and advisory commission to study advisability of reducing sentences for drug trafficking convictions
HB 548 - Changes the definition of physical therapy to exclude the practice of chiropractic and include the manipulation of the spine without a prescription from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state (passed House on 103-9 vote May 2nd, passed Senate on 45-1 vote June 13th, signed by Governor June 21st)
HB 555 - Makes changes to Medicaid and NC Health Choice telemedicine and telepsychiatry policies (passed House on 108-2 vote May 2nd)
HB 556* - Appropriates funds to Feeding The Carolinas food banks
HB 569 - Appropriates funds to One North Carolina SBIR/STTR Incentive Program and the Community Innovation Fund
HB 575 - Establishes a licensure process and annual license fees for birth centers (passed House on 114-1 vote July 10th)
HB 579 - Appropriates funds to expand local communicable disease surveillance, detection, control, and prevention infrastructure and activities
HB 580 - Appropriates funds to increase foster care rates
HB 613* - Allows unaccompanied homeless minors to consent to certain health services, establishes responsibility, liability, and immunity to health care providers who render certain health services to consenting unaccompanied homeless minors (passed House on 97-16 vote May 7th)
HB 621* - Appropriates funds for the U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum
HB 622 - Allows first responders to receive workers compensation benefits for mental or nervous injuries whether such injuries are accompanied by physical injuries under specific circumstances (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 655 - Establishes North Carolina Rural Access To Healthcare Grant program
HB 656 - Modifies laws pertaining to Medicaid and upcoming shift to managed care (passed House on 113-1 vote on May 2nd, amended and passed by Senate on 47-0 vote June 19th, amended version passed by House on 106-0 vote June 24th, signed by Governor July 4th)
HB 678 - Changes name of NC Board Of Licensed Professional Counselors to NC Board Of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors, allows board to create programs for licensees that may be experiencing mental health concerns (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 698* - Directs state department of health and human services to review standards for obtaining assisted living program accreditation (passed House on 115-0 vote May 6th)
HB 699 - Reduces or eliminates regulations that may be duplicative or not cost-effective for all-inclusive care for elderly managed care program
HB 704* - Dental Bill of Rights, clarifies rights for patients and providers for healthcare plans that cover dental services (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 719* - Appropriates funds to expand food and nutrition education programs at NC State and NC A&T
HB 720* - Appropriates to support Advisory Council on Rare Diseases at UNC-Chapel Hill
HB 721 - Requires telehealth coverage through Medicaid and NC Health Choice (passed House on 113-4 vote May 6th)
HB 729* - Establishes new payment method for adult care homes providing care to North Carolina Medicaid benificiaries
HB 735* - Authorizes Commission For Public Health to adopt rules incorporating all or part of the most recent federal FDA food code (passed House on 113-0 vote May 2nd, Senate vote scheduled for July 8th)
HB 797 - Appropriates funds to Special Olympics North Carolina
HB 799 - Changes laws pertaining to the safe surrender of infants
HB 807* - Expands the group of professionals that can be appointed medical examiners, defines when a body is unclaimed for the purposes of disposal once a death investigation is completed, protects confidentiality of certain information and records obtained by the office of medical examiner during death investigations (passed House on 109-0 vote May 3rd)
HB 811 - Directs state Department of Health and Human Services to increase personal needs allowance for recipients of state-county special assistance, appropritates funds to offset cost of increase
HB 825 - Establishes a state Office of Child Fatality Prevention within Department of Health and Human Services
HB 826 - Creates pilot project on standardized screening and assessments for youth in foster care, appropriates funds for that purpose
HB 882* - Defines qualifications for early childhood workforce staff (passed House on 111-0 vote May 3rd)
HB 883* - Aids switch Medicaid managed care by providing for contracts for dental care to Medicaid and NC Health Choice recipients
HB 884* - Requires Medicaid and NC Health Choice reimbursements to federally qualified health centers for telemedicine, telepsychiatry, and clinical pharmacist services
HB 886* - Creates study of challenges child care facility operators face in participating in North Carolina Pre-K program (passed House on 108-2 vote May 3rd, passed Senate on 44-0 vote June 26th, signed by Governor July 8th)
HB 887* - Makes changes to Substance Abuse Professional Practice Act
HB 888* - Directs state education agencies to adopt policies and guidelines to provide equal educational opportunities to students with sickle cell disease (passed House on 117-0 vote May 6th)
HB 935 - Implements various provisions related to social services reform
HB 940* - Allows health care providers to report threats of violence upon allegations from a child under the age of 18 during the course of treatment
HB 942 - Appropriates funds to various state agencies for a grant-in-aid to Healing Transitions International Inc.
HB 943 - Appropriates funds for prescription assistance services for individuals who are indigent or uninsured
HB 989 - Changes hospital assessments to conform with Medicaid managed care
HB 990* - Appropriates funds for the stabilization of community-based group homes licensed under chapter 122c of the general statutes
HB 993* - Establishes licensure and education standards for the practice of naturopathic medicine
Susan Fisher (Democrat District 114 - Buncombe)
HB 46 - Would increase state minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years, increasing tipped wage, mandating paid sick leave and family medical leave, prohibits hiring authorities from inquiring about criminal history of applicants until a conditional employment offer is made (so-called 'ban the box'), repeals public employee collective bargaining restrictions
HJR 147* - Confirms governor’s re-appointment of Raymond Banks as state Commissioner of Banks (passed House on 108-0 vote March 27th, passed Senate on 47-0 vote April 3rd)
HB 271 – Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
HB 295* - Prohibits corporal punishment in state public schools (passed House on 94-16 vote March 27th)
HB 319 - Authorizes qualifying undocumented youth to receive in-state tuition at UNC system schools and community colleges
HB 366 - Raises minimum wage over next five years to $15 per hour, eliminates tipped wage over eight-year period replacing it with minimum wage, ends subminimum wage for those with disabilities
HB 378* - Allows distilleries to sell malt beverages, wine, and mixed beverages, and allows distilleries to sell liquor directly to bars
HB 422 - Allows employees to accrue earned paid sick days
HB 423 - Allows for those employed as caregivers to receive leave time
HB 428 - Appropriates funds so every kindergarten through second grade classroom has a full-time teaching assistant
HB 514 - Seeks to ban discrimination in housing, employment, public accomodations, credit, insurance, education, and jury service
HB 516 - Bans conversion therapy for minors and adults with disabilities
HB 533 - Retail Workers Bill of Rights, protects against erratic or unpredictable scheduling practices
HB 536* - Makes various changes to ABC laws (passed House on 91-26 vote July 9th)
HB 595 - Requires candidates for President and Vice President of the United States to publicly release income tax return before being placed on ballot in NC
HB 601* - Appropriates funds to expand mental health education and awareness through youth programs from NAMI North Carolina Inc.
HB 613* - Allows unaccompanied homeless minors to consent to certain health services, establishes responsibility, liability, and immunity to health care providers who render certain health services to consenting unaccompanied homeless minors (passed House on 96-17 vote May 7th)
HB 769 - Freezes funding for Opportunity Scholarship Program at 2018-2019 fiscal year levels, appropriates money from that reduction to public school hiring and public school building capital fund
HB 772* - Establishes the Certfied Professional Midwives Licensing Act
HB 778 - Ends certain exceptions to the wildlife and animal cruelty statutes regarding circuses
HB 829 - Authorizes state Department of Motor Vehicles to issue restricted drivers licenses to immigrants with limited or no status
HB 879* - End of Life Option Act, allows patients diagnosed with terminal disease to end their life in humane manner
HB 887* - Makes changes to Substance Abuse Professional Practice Act
HB 892 - Calls on schools to use green cleaning supplies and biodegradable food service products when feasible
HB 963 - Changes the membership of the state consumer and family advisory committee, appropriates funds to support its operation
HB 993* - Establishes licensure and education standards for the practice of naturopathic medicine
Cody Henson (Republican District 113 - Henderson, Polk, Transylvania)
HB 116 – Gives flexibility for start and closing dates for school calendars in Polk and Transylvania Counties
HB 231 – Harrison Kowiak Act, increases punishments for acts of hazing
HB 232* – Gives flexibility for starting and closing dates for all school systems in North Carolina
HB 244 – Requires all contractors and subcontractors that do business with the state or any political subdivision within it to use ‘E-Verify’ to confirm whether their workers are eligible to work in the U.S.
HB 262 – Designates the towns of Brevard and Rosman and Transylvania County as North Carolina’s official ‘Land of Waterfalls’ (passed House on 114-0 vote on April 3rd)
HB 277 - Cuts income taxes for small businesses
HB 288- First Aid & Safety Training In Schools, requires use of automated external defibrillators and bleeding control as part of required first aid training for public school students, requires instruction in first aid and emergency care in high school, requires placement of trauma kits in public schools, requires training of school personnel to use trauma kits
HB 290 - Appropriates funds for Marketing Association for Rehabilitation Centers (MARC) Incorporated
HB 299 - Authorizes Henderson County to construct new buildings on the Henderson County campus of Blue Ridge Community College and renovate existing buildings (passed House on April 15th, approved by Senate June 26th, does not need signature of Governor)
HB 355 - Defines for notaries public 'reside legally' as 'a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence'
HB 373 - Extends deadline to apply for Hurricane Florence Agricultural Disaster Program
HB 395* - Regulates the operation of commercial and noncommercial challenge courses
HB 452 - Requires the state secretary of public safety to enter a 287(g) agreement with Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement
HB 597* - Makes various changes to statutes governing state Wildlife Resources Commission (passed House on 106-9 vote July 10th)
HB 960 - Appropriates funds to provide a 50% match for participating counties to establish new quality assurance positions for child welfare services within county social services offices
Chuck McGrady (Republican District 117 - Henderson)
HB 3* - State constitutional amendment prohibiting eminent domain being used to seize private property except for a public use (would have to be approved by voters via referendum) (passed House by a 94-21 vote Feb. 27th)
HB 14* – Makes changes to various boards and commissions that have been ruled to be unconstitutional through lawsuits filed by Governor Cooper and former Governor McCrory
HB 69* – Creates an non-partisan commission to redraw statewide election districts as part of redistricting
HB 91* – Makes various changes to state ABC laws including allowing some to be open on Sundays, and allowing some to host liquor tastings
HB 140* – State constitutional amendment mandating that redistricting be non-partisan (would have to be approved by voters via referendum)
HB 245 – Makes various changes to environmental laws as recommended by state Department of Environmental Quality
HB 246– Makes various changes to fees and funds of the state department of environmental quality
HB 299 - Authorizes Henderson County to construct new buildings on the Henderson County campus of Blue Ridge Community College and renovate existing buildings (passed House on April 15th, approved by Senate on June 26th, does not need signature of Governor)
HB 326 - Authorizes the city of Hendersonville to levy a one-quarter percent sales and use tax
HB 334* - Supports construction and operation of new field honey bee laboratory for the North Carolina State University honey bee research program
HB 347* - Changes definition of 'deliquent juvenile' and 'undisciplined juvenile' to those at least ten years of age (passed House on 113-3 vote May 7th)
HB 373 - Extends deadline to apply for Hurricane Florence Agricultural Disaster Program
HB 374* - Amends law to prohibit a registered sex offender from residing within 1-thousand feet of a site where an organized youth camp is run (passed House on 110-3 vote May 2nd)
HB 378* - Allows distilleries to sell malt beverages, wine, and mixed beverages, and allows distilleries to sell liquor directly to bars
HB 395* - Regulates the operation of commercial and noncommercial challenge courses
HB 532 - Creates the Overmountain Victory State Trail and Wilderness Gateway State Trail in Western North Carolina (passed House on 113-0 vote April 29th, amended and approved by Senate on 46-0 vote May 21st, amended version passed House on 110-5 vote May 28th, signed by Governor June 3rd)
HB 536* - Makes various changes to ABC laws (passed House on 91-26 vote July 9th)
HB 559* - Pollinator Protection Act, establishes limits on who can use of neonicotinoid-containing pesticides
HB 560* - Bans manufacture, sale, and use of certain fire retardant foam containing PFA's
HB 570 - Requires certain local water and wastewater systems undergo a review of infrastructure management, organizational management, and financial management; provides statuatory process for merger and dissolution of water and wastewater systems created under Chapter 162A of general statutes
HB 588 - Governor's budget
HB 592* - Creates space on income tax returns where payers can make donations to the protection of land, water, and other natural resources (passed House on 106-3 vote April 16th)
HB 610* - Amends Rule 30 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure related to the taking of depositions
HB 649* - Gives law enforcement officers the right to testify in front of a grand jury if that officer is facing criminal charges for an alleged offense that occurred while that officer was on-duty
HB 671* - Creates licensure process for behavior analysts (passed House on 112-2 vote May 28th)
HB 682* - Prevents insanity defense from being used in a criminal trial, sentencing, and post-conviction appeals for those with a severe mental disability if it was caused by prior drug or alcohol abuse
HB 732* - Amends the nonprofit corporation merger statutes relating to mergers with qualifying limited liability companies (passed House on 117-0 vote May 6th)
HB 741 - Establishes a joint legislative study commission on flood mitigation
HB 758 - Expands the membership of certain metropolitan water sewerage districts (passed House on 116-0 vote May 29th)
HB 759 - Amends electronics recycling statutes
HB 812 - Amends statutes governing the nutrient offset credit program (passed House on 75-39 vote May 2nd, passed Senate on 45-0 vote June 26th, signed by Governor July 8th)
HB 823* - Increases revenue distributed to cities and counties with programs designed to reduce plastic use, creates pilot program to reduce the use of single-use plastics at state-operated food service facilities (passed House on 115-1 vote May 7th)
HB 828* - Allows any energy savings realized by any state agencies may remain available to the agency for other facility upgrades related to reducing energy and water consumption
HB 879* - End of Life Option Act, allows patients diagnosed with terminal disease to end their life in humane manner
HB 885 - Creates study of criminal justice data collection (passed House on 114-0 vote May 2nd)
HB 966 - State budget, makes appropriations for state agencies, departments, and institutions (passed House on 61-51 vote May 3rd)
HB 971 - Makes various changes to the licensure model for the sale spirituous liquor
HB 995 - Makes the excise tax levied on hard cider the same rate as that levied on malt beverages
HB 996 - State budget (passed House on 61-51 vote May 3rd, amended and passed Senate on 30-16 vote May 31st, House did not concur with Senate version on 109-1 vote June 4th, conference report bill approved by Senate on 33-15 vote June 26th, conference report bill approved by House on 64-49 vote June 27th, vetoed by Governor June 28th,)
Michele Presnell (Republican District 118 - Haywood, Madison, Yancey)
HB 28 – Prohibits abortions from being conducted after 13 weeks of pregnancy unless a medical emergency is involved
HB 53 – Directs physicians that conduct drug-induced abortions to give patients written information from the state department of health and human services about the possibility of reversing the effects of a drug-induced abortion after the first dose of medication is administered
HB 77 – Defines and authorizes the use of electric standup scooters as recommended by the house select committee on strategic transportation planning and long term funding solutions (passed House on 112-0 vote April 3rd)
HB 103* – Allows for the retail sale of raw milk for human consumption
HB 135 – Creates incentives to get local governments to follow state immigration laws, establishes penalties for those governments that do not comply with state immigration laws, prohibits UNC constituent institutions from becoming sanctuary universities, makes the state department of public safety enter a 287g agreement with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (passed House on 65-52 vote June 26th)
HB 158 – Makes various changes to reporting requirements of the state department of transportation (passed House on 116-0 vote March 13th)
HB 247 – Requires state department of administration to issue new request for proposal to lease or purchase office space for state department of motor vehicles
HB 342 - Creates new laws around human trafficking and increases penalties for violating existing laws
HB 484 - Requires all state agencies and licensing boards verify the immigration status of all applicants for public benefits
HB 488 - Appropriates funds to deal with staff shortages at intermediate care facility group homes for those intellectual disabilities
HB 647* - Designates Haywood County as the 'Elk Capital of North Carolina' (passed House on 115-0 vote May 7th)
HB 852* - Creates incentives for the rehabilitation of historic educational buildings to allow those buildings to continue to serve educational purposes
Joe Sam Queen (Democrat District 119 - Haywood, Jackson, Swain)
HB 567 - Prohibits electric public utilities from recovering from ratepayers the cost of coal ash management and cleanup, requires disposal of all coal ash ponds into lined landfills
HB 632 - Bans hydraulic fracturing or fracking in the state
HB 647* - Designates Haywood County as the 'Elk Capital of North Carolina' (passed House on 115-0 vote May 7th)
HB 762 - Repeals law prohibiting state Department of Health & Human Services from seeking certain waivers from SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents
HB 897* - Requires the state utility commission shall annually determine whether broadband service in the state is sufficiently competitive
HB 970* - Creates incentives for beginning farming operations by broadening which agricultural lands qualify for the present-use property tax benefit
HB 982 - Creates Expanding Access to AP Courses pilot program and appropriates funds for it
Brian Turner(Democrat District 116 - Buncombe)
HB 37* – Extends statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse to file civil action suits until they are age 45 (passed House on 104-10 vote on June 19th)
HB 69* – Creates an non-partisan commission to redraw statewide election districts as part of redistricting
HB 115 – Moves municipal elections in the town of Biltmore Forest to even-numbered years (passed House March 20th)
HB 223* – Makes changes to loan origination fee for North Carolina banks and late payment charges for certain loans
HB 358* - Establishes and appropriates funds for a community paramedicine program with the state department of health and human services
HB 374* - Amends law to prohibit a registered sex offender from residing within 1-thousand feet of a site where an organized youth camp is run (passed House on 110-3 vote May 2nd)
HB 378* - Allows distilleries to sell malt beverages, wine, and mixed beverages, and allows distilleries to sell liquor directly to bars
HB 386* - Requires certain public schools and child care facilities to test drinking water for the presence of lead
HB 395* - Regulates the operation of commercial and noncommercial challenge courses
HB 464* - Establishes standards for association health plans
HB 483* - Requires a minimum size limit on all commercially and recreationally important species of fish to ensure 75% of all juvenile fish of each species have opportunity to mature and spawn at least once (passed House on 58-47 vote June 20th)
HB 492* - Changes the property tax exclusion for increases in value of property held by a builder (passed House on 114-0 May 2nd, passed Senate on 43-0 vote July 2nd, sent to Governor July 9th)
HB 566 - Makes persons causing or contributing to contamination responsible for cleanup costs and provision of alternative water supplies to persons with water supplies affected by such contamination
HB 596* - Increases prosecutorial options for delayed reports of child abuse, expands the mandatory duty of reporting child abuse
HB 762 - Repeals law prohibiting state Department of Health & Human Services from seeking certain waivers from SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents
HB 796* - Requires landlords to make reasonable accomodations for persons with disabilities to have medically approved emotional support animals in a dwelling unit (passed House on 115-1 vote May 7th)
HB 814* - Prohibits trains or light engines carrying freight from operating in the state unless it has a crew of at least two people
HB 910* - Makes changes to a licensee's qualifications for licensure
HB 930* - Assists district attorneys in identifying and disposing of pending misdemeanors and infractions for people serving an active sentence of six months or more, establishes fee waivers for persons released within six-month period for a driver's license, learner's permit, duplicate license, special identification card, or birth certificate
HB 970* - Creates incentives for beginning farming operations by broadening which agricultural lands qualify for the present-use property tax benefit