* INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION MORATORIUM: (House Bill 2367) Imposes a moratorium on involuntary annexations by municipalities for nine months, as recommended by the House Select Committee on Municipal Annexation. Introduced by Rep. Bruce Goforth, D-Buncombe. Adopted 98-18. Sent to the Senate.

VOTING YES: Lucy Allen (D-Franklin, Halifax, Nash), Marilyn Avila (R-Wake), Dan Blue (D-Wake), Linda Coleman (D-Wake), Leo Daughtry (R-Johnston), Nelson Dollar (R-Wake), Bill Faison (D-Orange, Caswell), Larry Hall (D-Durham), Ty Harrell (D-Wake), Verla Insko (D-Orange), James Langdon Jr. (R-Johnston, Sampson), Paul Luebke (D-Durham), Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Paul Stam (R-Wake), Jennifer Weiss (D-Wake), W.A. "Winkie" Wilkins (D-Durham, Person)

VOTING NO: Grier Martin (D-Wake)

DID NOT VOTE: Joe Hackney (D-Orange, Chatham, Moore), Mickey Michaux (D-Durham)

* REQUIRE HOME INSPECTION LICENSE: (House Bill 2558) Requires licensed home inspectors to obtain a privilege license. Introduced by Rep. Deborah Ross, D-Wake. Adopted 112-2. Sent to the Senate.

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

VOTING NO: Weiss

DID NOT VOTE: Hackney, Insko

* TOBACCO-FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGES (S.B. 1669) Clarifies the authority of and provides guidance to local community college boards of trustees in adopting written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products in buildings, on community college campuses, at community college-sponsored events and in or on other community college property as recommended by the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force. Introduced by Sen. Bill Purcell, D-Scotland. Adopted 116-3. 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

SENATE

* FELONY FOR NOOSE HANGING: (Senate Bill 1988) Makes it unlawful to burn a cross or hang a noose for the intent of intimidating another person because of race, color, religion, nationality or country of origin and to study the impact of recent cross burnings and noose hangings across the state to make recommendations for changing state laws. Introduced by Sen. Doug Berger, D-Franklin. Adopted 47-3. Sent to the House.

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

* JESSICA'S LAW/GPS MONITORING: (Senate Bill 2063) Imposes lifetime satellite-based monitoring on offenders who have taken indecent liberties with children; amends the fee charged for enrollment into the monitoring program; and directs the State Department of Justice to report on any necessary changes to the state sex offender registration laws for compliance with the federal sex offender registration and notification act. Introduced by Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston. Adopted 50-0. Sent to the House.

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

* VERTICAL DRIVERS' LICENSES: (House Bill 2487) Changes the format of a driver's license or special identification card being issued to a person less than 21 years of age from a horizontal format to a vertical format to make recognition of underage persons easier for clerks selling alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, as recommended by the child fatality task force. Introduced by Rep. Dale Folwell, R-Forsyth. Adopted 48-0. Returned to the House.

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

DID NOT VOTE: McKissick

* DISAPPROVE DYED MILK RULE: (House Bill 2524) Disapproves a rule adopted by the N.C. Board of Agriculture and approved by the Rules Review Commission that requires any raw milk dispensed as animal feed to be properly labeled and authorizes the Board of Agriculture to exempt unpasteurized milk from the provisions of the Commercial Feed Act. Introduced by Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford. Adopted 49-0. Sent to the governor.

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

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