North Carolina
NC House poised for Cooper veto override votes on masking, campaign finance, juvenile justice
Republican state lawmakers in the House of Representatives plan to vote to override three of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes Wednesday, putting each of the bills just one step away from becoming law.
One bill would undo some of the juvenile justice reforms North Carolina implemented in 2019.
Another would allow billboard companies to cut down more trees on the side of the road, and would raise toll road late fees by as much as 50%.
The third is a wide-ranging bill that would change the rules for wearing face masks in public, enact new civil and criminal penalties targeting protesters, and change state campaign finance laws to create loopholes around North Carolina’s ban on making unlimited or anonymous financial contributions to political candidates.
If the House votes to override Cooper’s vetoes of all three bills, the state Senate would then likely take its own override votes on Thursday.
If the override votes pass the Senate — which they’re expected to since Republicans control a veto-proof supermajority of 60% of the seats — then the bills will become law.