How Triangle members of the state legislature voted last week on bills of note. (House Speaker Joe Hackney is not obligated to vote except in cases to break ties.)

HOUSE

* MODIFY APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2007: (House Bill 2436) Amends the Current Operations and Capital Appropriations Act of 2007 by setting the state spending level at $21.3 billion. Introduced by Rep. Mickey Michaux, D-Durham. Adopted 97-20. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Lucy Allen (D-Franklin, Halifax, Nash), Dan Blue (D-Wake), Linda Coleman (D-Wake), Nelson Dollar (R-Wake), Bill Faison (D-Orange, Caswell), Ty Harrell (D-Wake), Verla Insko (D-Wake), Paul Luebke (D-Durham), Grier Martin (D-Wake), Mickey Michaux (D-Durham), Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Jennifer Weiss (D-Wake), W.A. "Winkie" Wilkins (D-Durham, Person)

VOTING NO: Marilyn Avila (R-Wake), Leo Daughtry (R-Johnston), James Langdon Jr. (R-Johnston, Sampson)

EXCUSED FROM VOTE: Paul Stam (R-Wake)

DID NOT VOTE: Joe Hackney (D-Orange, Chatham, Moore), Larry Hall (D-Durham)

* EMERGENCY FORECLOSURE REDUCTION ACT: (House Bill 2623) Creates an emergency program to reduce home foreclosures and authorizes the Commissioner of Banks to use funds for home foreclosure prevention. Introduced by Rep. Dan Blue, D-Wake. Adopted 117-0. Sent to the Senate.

VOTING YES: Allen, Avila, Blue, Coleman, Dollar, Faison, Hall, Harrell, Insko, Langdon, Luebke, Martin, Michaux, Ross, Stam, Weiss, Wilkins

DID NOT VOTE: Hackney, Daughtry

* LOCAL PARK AND RECREATION PARTICIPANT RECORDS: (Senate Bill 212, Conference Report): Limits access to identifying information of minor participants in parks and recreation programs of local governments. Introduced by Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange. Adopted 117-0. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Allen, Avila, Blue, Coleman, Daughtry, Dollar, Faison, Hall, Harrell, Insko, Langdon, Luebke, Martin, Michaux, Ross, Stam, Weiss, Wilkins

DID NOT VOTE: Hackney

* SMOKE-FREE MOTOR FLEET: (Senate Bill 1681) Requires automobiles in the state motor fleet to be smoke-free and authorize local governments to require local government-controlled vehicles to be smoke-free. Introduced by Sen. Bill Purcell, D-Scotland. Adopted 101-18. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Allen, Blue, Coleman, Dollar, Faison, Hall, Harrell, Insko, Langdon, Luebke, Martin, Michaux, Ross, Stam, Weiss, Wilkins

VOTING NO: Avila, Daughtry

DID NOT VOTE: Hackney

* LIMITED RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR DEPORTATION: (Senate Bill 1955) Provides for the limited release of certain prisoners into the custody of federal immigration officials for deportation. Introduced by Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland. Adopted 103-2. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Allen, Avila, Blue, Coleman, Daughtry, Dollar, Faison, Hall, Langdon, Luebke, Martin, Michaux, Ross, Stam, Weiss, Wilkins

DID NOT VOTE: Hackney, Harrell, Insko

SENATE

* MODIFY APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2007: (House Bill 2436) Amends the Current Operations and Capital Appropriations Act of 2007 by setting the state spending level at $21.3 billion. Introduced by Rep. Mickey Michaux, D-Durham. Adopted 32-14. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Robert Atwater (D-Durham, Chatham, Lee), Doug Berger (D-Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren), Janet Cowell (D-Wake), Ellie Kinnaird (D-Orange, Person), Vernon Malone (D-Wake), Floyd McKissick (D-Durham), Richard Stevens (R-Wake)

VOTING NO: Neal Hunt (R-Wake), Fred Smith (R-Johnston, Wayne)

* LOCAL PARK AND RECREATION PARTICIPANT RECORDS: (Senate Bill 212) Limits access to identifying information of minor participants in parks and recreation programs of local governments. Introduced by Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange. Adopted 35-12. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Atwater, Berger, Cowell, Kinnaird, Malone, McKissick, Smith, Stevens

VOTING NO: Hunt

* RESALE OF TICKETS VIA INTERNET: (Senate BIll 401) Protects customers when purchasing tickets via the Internet; prohibits the use of software to unfairly purchase tickets over the Internet; and imposes a privilege tax on the Internet sales of tickets in excess of the printed price. Introduced by Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus. Adopted 49-0. Sent to the House.

VOTING YES: Atwater, Berger, Cowell, Hunt, Kinnaird, Malone, McKissick, Smith, Stevens

* HOSPITALS REPORT CHILD INJURIES: (House Bill 2338) Requires hospitals and physicians to report serious, non-accidental trauma injuries in children to law enforcement officials. Introduced by Rep. Jennifer Weiss, D-Wake. Adopted 50-0. Sent to the governor.

VOTING YES: Atwater, Berger, Cowell, Hunt, Kinnaird, Malone, McKissick, Smith, Stevens

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