State Updates Following the unveiling of the Senate budget early last week, the Senate has passed their budget ahead of the conference process in the coming weeks. Read more at WRAL. While the Senate budget spends the same as the House budget, it is vastly different in the items it funds Senate budget writers tactically left out a great deal of items that the House budget funded to leverage when they come to the negotiating table We will keep a close eye on what will be kept in from each of the budget frameworks and what will be left on the chopping block See PENC-specific provisions here
Last week, the General Assembly overrode the Governor’s veto of abortion legislation, which will now become law. Read more at WRAL. House Republicans maintained the three-fifths majority of votes needed to override the Governor’s veto This legislation now bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy in NC This comes on the heels of Rep. Trisha Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) switching from the Democratic party to the Republican party, solidifying a Republican supermajority in the House
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