Recordings
We hope you enjoyed the many informative conversations on so many vital topics last week. For those of you who could not make it to each one, we have a recording of the sessions that can be found on the 2021 Legislative Seminar playlist on our YouTube channel. For quick access to the topic you would like to watch, click on the links below:
- Opening Worship and Award Ceremony
- Eco-Justice and Energy Policy in NC
- Current Landscape of Gun Laws
- Current Immigration Legislation
- NC Drug Policy and How it Affects the Overdose Crisis
- Voting Rights: The Struggle Continues
- Tax Policy and Finance Reform
- Healthcare Policy
- Current State of Public Education
- Working for a Living Wage
Information & Resources
Important Bills:
HB589: Competitive Energy Solutions for NC
Calls to Action:
- Take Action on the Duke Energy IRP
- Endorsement of NCIPL’s Resolution on Duke Energy’s IRP
- Learn more about RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative)
- Eco-Justice Advocacy Toolkit
Important Bills:
- HB 134: 2nd Amendment Protection Act : allows guns in religious places of worship with associated schools and EMS personnel to carry concealed while on the job with SWAT team.
- HB 197, HB 200, HB 254, HB 578: allows people as young as 18 to carry a hidden loaded weapon in public without a permit.
- HB 398: Pistol Purchase Permit Repeal : eliminates NC’s pistol purchase permitting system which will close the gun show loophole on handgun sales.
- HB 579: School Self-Defense Act : arms teachers.
- HB 427: Firearm Safe Storage Awareness Initiative : would launch a statewide firearm safe storage awareness initiative to education the public about the importance of the safe storage of firearms.
- HB 525: Allow ERPOs to Prevent Suicides & Save Lives : Extreme risk protection order (ERPO); would allow a family member, healthcare provider, or law enforcement official to petition a judge to have someone’s guns temporarily removed if they are a threat to themselves or others.
Calls to Action:
Important Bills:
- HB 311: Safer Roads and Communities Act of 2021 : would provide drivers licenses to immigrants with limited or no status.
- SB 101 & HB 62: would require cooperation between NC Sheriffs and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and would punish cities who refuse to collaborate.
Calls to Action:
Important Bills:
- SB607, Substance Use Disorder Safety Act : This bill would decimate most of North Carolina’s Syringe Service Programs by requiring them to meet standards that do not comport with best practice. It would endanger public health without making communities any safer.
Call to Action:
Important Bills:
- SB 326 : Election Integrity Act : would require that mail-in ballots be received by Election Day instead of three days after.
- HB 446: Safeguarding Voting Rights : would expand online voter registration and improve voting by mail.
- HB 542 & SB 716: Fix Our Democracy Act : would make several reforms in election and campaigns laws like implement online voter registration, limit voter purges, create college camping polling places, and more.
Calls to Action:
Important Bills:
SB 576: Recovery Rebate for Working Families : would reach nearly 900,000 working families, primarily with children, and boost the value of the federal credit to ensure that the earned income in households is available to meet basic needs and support children’s healthy development.
Calls to Action:
Important Bills:
- US house of representative HR 1976 bill
- 1 page summary of bill
Calls to action:
- Talking points for Letters to the editor in favor of Medicaid Expansion
- Story sharing
- Health Care Updates sign up
- Support People Budget
- Join the NC Medicare for All (NCM4A):
- NCM4a Orientation and Tool Training
- Sign on letter
- Faith health caucus information: email Christine@ncchurches.org