Political Effectiveness and Personal Responsibility

Public Financing for :  State Auditor, Supt. Of Public Instruction & Commissioner of Insurance and Judicial Races

HB 2542:  Clarify Ethics & Lobbying Laws

Crime & Justice

SB 1358 - $10 M Street Gang Prevention and Intervention Act - Signed

• Will create new felons
• Cost NC Millions

HB 274 - Street Gang Prevention Act - Awaiting Signature

• Gives teenage offenders opportunity to get back on track

HB 2436 -

• $22.6 M - Restore JCPC Funding
• $500,000 - Expand JCPC Funding

HB 1291 - Racial Justice Act

• Never made it out of committee (would allow defendents in capital murder cases to challenge prosecution on grounds of racial bias.

Education

HB 2436-

• $1 M Expand Community College Technical Ed Programs
• $4 M Expand Community College Allied Health Programs
• $15 M Drop-out Prevention Grants
• $3.5 M Learn & Earn High Schools
• 3% Teacher Pay Increases
• $34.6 M University System Enrollment Growth
• $23.7 M Community College System Enrollment Growth

Economic Empowerment

Three bills awaiting signature:

HB 2623 - Emergency Foreclosure Reduction Program

• Help sub-prime mortgage holders avoid foreclosure

HB 2188 - Earlier Notification of Mortgage Servicer Fee

• Prohibits bonus payments to mortgage brokers steering borrowers to more expensive loans

HB 2463 - Regulate Mortgage Servicers

• Gives NC Commissioner of Banks regulator authority over mortgage servicers

Health Care and Environmental Justice

HB 2431 - NC Institute of Medicine Study relation to access to health care

HB 2436 - Expand Health Choice/Kid's care

• Includes $1 M to Eliminate Health Disparities
• $43 M to expand &  improve institution-based mental health, developmental disabilities & substance abuse
• $7 M for housing assistance for persons with disabilities.
• $4 M - Farmland Preservation$100 M - Clean Water Management Trust Fund
• $50 M - Land for Tomorrow

HB 2688 - Create a health policy council - killed in House's health committee