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    HB 216 - School Self-Defense Act. (Speciale as Primary sponsor) - HB 216 would authorize certain members of a school's faculty or staff to carry a handgun on the school grounds to respond to acts of violence of imminent threat of violence.

    HB314 - Constitutional Amendment - Remove Literacy Test. (Speciale as Primary sponsor - bipartisan bill) - HB 314 is a bi-partisan bill that would amend the state constitution by repealing (removing) Section 4 of Article VI which requires a person to pass a literacy test in order to register to vote in North Carolina.

    HB328 - Same Reqs/Officials/Early Vote & Election Day. (Speciale as Primary Sponsor) - HB 328 would ensure that requirements for precinct officials (poll workers) will be the same for Early One-Stop Voting as they are on Election Day.

    2017 - 2018 SESSION: (Bills Michael Speciale was the primary sponsor or co-sponsor)

    HB 3 - Eminent Domain

    HB 69 - Constitutional Carry Act (to amendment the state constitution to prohibit condemnation of private property except for public use)

    HB 76 - Increase Fire & Rescue Pension Benefits

    HB 145 - Repeal Constitutional Regulation of Concealed Weapons [this bill would remove the following language from Article I, Section 3 ("Militia & the Right to Bear Arms"): "nothing herein shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons, or prevent the General Assembly from enacting penal statutes against that practice")

    HB 146 - Citizens Allegiance to US Constitution [this bill would amend Article I, Section 5 ("Allegiance to the United States") to remove the offending language, as underlined: "Every citizen of this State owes paramount allegiance to the Constitution and government of the United States, and no law or ordinance of the State in contravention or subversion thereof can have any binding force"]

    HB 147 - Amend the NC State Constitution to Remove Article I, Section 4 ("Secession Prohibited")

    HB 148 - Amend the NC State Constitution to Remove the Literacy Requirement to Vote [this bill would remove Section 4 of Article VI ("Qualification for Registration") of the state constitution which requires a person to pass a literacy test in order to register to vote - "Every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the Constitution in the English language"]

    HB 201 - NC Constitutional Carry Act (to protect a person's right to carry a concealed weapon without a permit and to protect his right to purchase a handgun without a pistol purchase permit)

    HB 266 - Terminate Agreement for Tolling of I-77

    HB 306 - Require E-Verify for All Government Contracts

    HB 417 - Actually Getting Rid of Common Core Act


    HB 986 - Various Changes to Education Laws [passed and signed into law - SL 2018-32]

    HB 1092 - Constitutional Amendment to Require Photo ID to Vote