This week's Bad Bill of the Week is HB 737. Titled "Protect and Support the Unemployed" and sponsored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Susi Hamilton (D-New ... Keep Reading
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HB 603: The Discourage Employers From Hiring Women Act
This week's Bad Bill of the Week is HB 603. Sponsored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Deb McManus (D-Chatham), Valerie Foushee (D-Orange), and Paul Tine (D-Beaufort), the ... Keep Reading
HB 447, Restore Teaching Fellows Program
Facing a multi-billion dollar budget deficit in 2011, the state legislature reduced and eliminated a variety of programs in order to balance the budget. One program the legislature ... Keep Reading
SB 362, Study Energy Efficiency Standards: A Bill Only Al Gore Could Love
This week’s Bad Bill of the Week is SB 362, Study Energy Efficiency Standards. Sponsored by Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird (D-Orange), this bill would create a study of an ineffective ... Keep Reading
One Size a Bad Fit for One Stop
This week’s “Bad Bill of the Week” is House Bill 188, Early Voting on Weekends. It is sponsored by Representatives Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D-Pitt) and Garland Pierce (D-Hoke) and ... Keep Reading
Lipstick on a Pig – “Independent Redistricting Commissions”
Senator Eleanor Kinnaird (D-Orange) is the lone sponsor of this week’s Bad Bill of the Week - SB 155, The Hamilton C. Horton Jr. Independent Redistricting Commission. Senator ... Keep Reading
SB 99: For Whose Benefit?
This week’s Bad Bill of the Week is another repeat offender. SB 99, the North Carolina Benefit Corporation Act, is the same piece of legislation dubbed a “Bad Bill” by Civitas in ... Keep Reading
HJR 171: Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee
This week’s Bad Bill of the Week is actually a House Joint Resolution. HJR 171, crafted by Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange), urges the NC General Assembly to draft a resolution opposing ... Keep Reading
HB 18: Nanny State is the Real Burning Issue
This week's "Bad Bill of the Week" is HB 18. Known as the Youth Skin Cancer Prevention Act, HB 18 would ban all North Carolinians under the age of 18 from indoor tanning. Though ... Keep Reading
HB 100: Unhealthy Government Intrusion, Take 2
This week’s Bad Bill of the Week is a repeat offender. House Bill 100 Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Days, sponsored by Reps. Alma Adams (D-Guilford) and Larry Hall ... Keep Reading
