With the Crossover deadline looming, legislators in both the NC House and Senate have been hard at work all session to ensure vital legislation subject to the Crossover deadline passed.
Just last week over 100 bills were passed between either the House or the Senate. The full list of bills required to pass by the Crossover deadline can be found here.
Some of the bills that passed last week:
House Bill 415 – Modify Math & Social Studies Grad Req.: Revises high school graduation requirements by requiring a US History test and a Computer Science course. Computer Science would be reclassified as a math course.
House Bill 519 – Parents’ Medical Bill of Rights: Requires parental consent for key medical treatments; Grants parents access to their child’s medical records.
House Bill 612 – Fostering Care in NC Act: Improves the lives of children in North Carolina’s foster care system by enhancing foster parent involvement, increasing DHHS oversight, prioritizing permanency and reunification, and supporting systemic reforms.
House Bill 906 – Reagan’s Law: Increases support for amputees by requiring insurance to cover more than just a basic walking prosthetic.
Senate Bill 164 – Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency: Would make it a Class F felony for any person to loot another person’s temporary housing in an emergency area during a declared state of emergency. Looting property other than temporary housing would be punishable as a Class H felony.
Senate Bill 375 – Harrison’s Law: Increases the punishment for the offense of hazing of students by raising the offense from a Class 2 misdemeanor to a Class A1 misdemeanor.
Senate Bill 554 – Farmers Protection Act: Prohibits a State chartered financial institution from denying or canceling its service to a farm based upon the farm’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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With Crossover now done, attention turns to the House for their proposed budget. The Senate’s version passed in April, and lawmakers are expected to negotiate differences in their two budgets following the passage of the House version.
