Current:Home > BackNorth Carolina’s GOP-controlled House overrides Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
North Carolina’s GOP-controlled House overrides Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes
View Date:2024-12-23 18:56:18
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-led House quickly overrode three of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on Wednesday.
The House votes, largely along party lines, sent the overrides to the Senate, which does not meet this week. Veto overrides require supermajorities from both legislative chambers to become law. Since gaining supermajorities last year, GOP lawmakers have blocked all of Cooper’s vetoes.
The first bill allows the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles to issue title certificates for all-terrain and utility vehicles, and expands the types of roads accessible for modified utility vehicles to include all roads with speed limits of 55 mph or less. Cooper said in his veto statement that the law would endanger people on state highways because off-road vehicles don’t have as many safety features.
The second piece of legislation changes several laws involving tenancy, notaries and small claims court. What mostly prompted Cooper’s veto was a prohibition against local ordinances that aim to stop landlords from denying tenancy to people whose rent money comes mostly from federal housing assistance programs.
The last bill, among other things, blocks state agencies from taking payments in central bank digital currency, which is similar to cryptocurrencies, but with value determined by a country’s central bank. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve would be liable for the currency’s value, and the agency is still studying whether it can manage its risks to the cost and availability of credit, the safety and stability of the financial system, and the efficacy of monetary policy.
Cooper called the legislation “premature, vague and reactionary,” and urged the Legislature to wait to see how it works before passing laws to restrict it.
There are two more vetoes that still require action from both chambers. Lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene in early September.
veryGood! (747)
Related
- One person is dead after a shooting at Tuskegee University
- Judge rejects a claim that New York’s marijuana licensing cheats out-of-state applicants
- Let Your Puppy Be a Part of the Big Football Game With These NFL-Themed Bowls, Toys, Bandanas, & More
- Why Miley Cyrus Nearly Missed Her First-Ever Grammy Win
- Shaun White Reveals How He and Fiancée Nina Dobrev Overcome Struggles in Their Relationship
- Michigan woman holiday wish turned into reality after winning $500,000 from lottery game
- Chicagoland mansion formerly owned by R. Kelly, Rudolph Isley, up for sale. See inside
- Don Murray, Oscar nominee who once played opposite Marilyn Monroe, dies at 94: Reports
- Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Reveals Name of Baby Daughter After Missing Film's LA Premiere for Her Birth
- Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick rule at pre-Grammy gala hosted by Clive Davis
Ranking
- Ex-Duke star Kyle Singler draws concern from basketball world over cryptic Instagram post
- How a Vietnam vet found healing as the Honey-Do Dude
- How a Vietnam vet found healing as the Honey-Do Dude
- FOX debuts Caitlin Clark cam during Iowa's women's basketball game against Maryland
- Why Cynthia Erivo Needed Prosthetic Ears for Wicked
- After record GOP walkout, Oregon lawmakers set to reconvene for session focused on housing and drugs
- Why Jason Kelce Thinks the NFL Should Continue to Show Taylor Swift on TV Game Broadcasts
- Dylan Sprouse Reveals the Unexpected Best Part of Being Married to Barbara Palvin
Recommendation
-
John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89
-
Harry Edwards, civil rights icon and 49ers advisor, teaches life lessons amid cancer fight
-
Country star Brandy Clark on finding her musical soulmate and her 6 Grammy nominations
-
Kandi Burruss announces 'break' from 'Real Housewives of Atlanta': 'I'm not coming back this year'
-
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul press conference highlights: 'Problem Child' goads 'Iron Mike'
-
'It sucks getting old': Jon Lester on Red Sox, Cubs and his future Hall of Fame prospects
-
Don Murray, Oscar nominee who once played opposite Marilyn Monroe, dies at 94: Reports
-
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks