Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a trio of bills Wednesday, rejecting legislation that would allow private school employees to carry guns, bar local governments from further regulating pet shops and protect nonprofits’ member and donor information.
Stein, a Democrat, also signed a bundle of nine bills into law.
His vetoes go back to the Republican-controlled legislature, where lawmakers can attempt to override them. Any override votes are likely to easily pass in the Senate if all members are present; but in the House, Republicans are one vote short of a party-line supermajority.
Firearms in private schools
House Bill 193 would have allowed employees or volunteers at private schools to carry concealed firearms on school property.
They would have needed written permission from the school board, a valid permit and completed training.
“We cannot substitute the protection offered by well-trained law enforcement officers by asking teachers and school volunteers to step in and respond to crises while armed,” Stein said, citing an incident last year at a Goldsboro school where a student found an employee’s gun in a bathroom.
The veto drew praise Wednesday from North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. It marks Stein’s second veto against Republican firearms bills — he also vetoed a bill allowing for concealed carry of handguns without a permit.
One Democrat, Rep. Shelly Willingham (D-Edgecombe), voted for the bill in the House. Two Democrats and eleven Republicans were absent or did not vote.
Pet shop regulation restrictions
House Bill 96 would have banned local governments from prohibiting or restricting animal sales from licensed pet shops.
That language, which Stein said was the reason he vetoed the bill, was added to legislation originally meant to speed up the process to remove squatters from properties.
“This bill would facilitate inhumane puppy mills in North Carolina,” Stein said. “Without this provision, I would sign the legislation. With it, I cannot support it.”
All House Republicans voted for the bill, along with 17 Democrats.
Nonprofit privacy
Senate Bill 416 would bar public agencies from collecting or releasing unnecessary information about 501(c) nonprofit organizations’ donors, members or volunteers.
It also contains language that effectively freezes grant funding for IOLTA — a legal aid fund.
“This bill reduces transparency and creates more opportunity for dark money in our politics, especially relating to candidates’ legal funds,” Stein said. “Furthermore, it makes it difficult, if not impossible,for the Department of Revenue to identify and crack down on certain types of tax fraud.”
Three Democrats — Reps. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg), Charles Smith (D-Cumberland) and Willingham — joined Republicans voting for the bill.
Read Gov. Stein’s press release on today’s actions by clicking here.
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