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Letter from Jones Street
- March 7: Senate surprises with EO bill: Not much to report this week on legislation that directly affects the environment, as activities on Jones Street continued to highlight partisan divides, in particular regarding the Senate's version of a bill to block the state AG from challenging presidential executive orders.
- Feb. 28: Committees glean stakeholder info: The General Assembly is ramping up for the year with informational committee presentations on a variety of state agencies and stakeholders. A few bills with environmental interest continued to scootch through the process, as did Helene relief legislation.
- Feb. 21: Snowmageddon slows business: The General Assembly observed "forecast snowmageddon," leaving the Legislative Building as empty as on a holiday break. Votes and substantive committee hearings were pushed to next week.
- Feb. 14: Pushing back on EO pushback: More bills that affect our environment are filtering through the legislative process. To date, none stands to have greater impact than H72, which would block NC's attorney general from joining legal challenges to Trump's executive orders.
- Feb. 7: Bills are rolling in: The 2025 Legislative Session is well underway: Offices have been assigned, bills are being filed, committee assignments have been made. Several bills of environmental interest have been submitted, addressing plastic pollution, balloon releases and protection for Jockey's Ridge.
- Jan. 31: They're baa-aack: The 2025 N.C. General Assembly kicked off in earnest this week. House and Senate members filed a plethora of bills that we're reviewing now to gauge the relevance and potential impact to our environment.
For weekly summaries from the 2024 session, look for the "Letter from Jones Street" headlines on our News page.
2024 in Review: The short session that wasn't. The N.C. General Assembly's 2024 "short session" was anything but. It lasted from April to mid December – appropriately, wrapping up on Friday the 13th amid heated protests over power-grab legislation. Our lobbyist, Laura DeVivo, wraps up the action.
2023 in Review: Toxic policies to poison our environment & democracy. The 2023 legislative session was damaging to North Carolina’s environment and natural resources, fair elections, and equity and inclusion. Laura DeVivo recaps some of the major issues and outcomes.