Legislative Update: February 11, 2025
Introduction
The 2025 NCGA session has begun. It has been a slow start but is expected to pick up in the following weeks. Votes are going to start as early as February 18th in the House. The Senate has not announced when their votes will begin and is not expected to release those dates.
Committee Chairs
Appropriations - House
Rep. Dean Arp - Senior Chair
Rep. K. Hall - Senior Chair
Rep. Donny Lambeth - Senior Chair
Rep. Larry Strickland - Senior Chair
Rep. Hugh Blackwell - Chair
Rep. William Brisson - Chair
Rep. Erin Paré - Chair
Appropriations - Senate
Sen. Ralph Hise - Chair
Sen. Brent Jackson - Chair
Sen. Michael Lee - Chair
Education K-12 - House
Rep. Brian Biggs - Chair
Rep. Tricia Cotham - Chair
Rep. David Willis - Chair
Rep. Hugh Blackwell - Vice-Chair
Rep. Cecil Brockman - Vice-Chair
Rep. Heather Rhyne - Vice-Chair
Rep. Diane Wheatley - Vice-Chair
Higher Education - House
Rep. Kelly Hastings - Chair
Rep. Ray Pickett - Chair
Rep. Timothy Reeder - Vice-Chair
Education/Higher Education - Senate
Sen. Kevin Corbin - Chair
Sen. Michael Lee - Chair
Sen. Brad Overcash - Chair
Legislative Priorities
Over the last few weeks, we have had meetings with important legislators, all of whom seem enthusiastic about funding PENC efforts. These include legislators such as Representative Hugh Blackwell, who is a Budget Chair and education advocate, as well as Jeffery Elmore, who is the Speaker of the House Destin Hall’s Senior Budget and Policy Advisor. We will continue to fight for the funding of pay increases, better benefits, and policy advocacy for all educators.
Click here to view our 2025 Legislative Priorities
Other Items
The HB46/S24, Healthcare Bill, is a bill that wants to freeze state health insurance at its current expenditure. This means that to add medication, service, or treatments you would lose a preexisting one. The bill raised eyebrows and has been quite controversial. We will continue to watch this bill’s progress closely.
PENC Advocacy Team:
Tammy Beach
Bryan Holloway
Trevor Fulcher
Robert Mitchell
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