A North Carolina Democrat Just Tried to Introduce a Bill to Repeal HB2. Here’s What Happened.
State Rep. Darren Jackson Thursday Morning Also Tried to Get Funds to Improve State’s Image
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has made clear North Carolina’s HB2 is illegal. (This explains why.) Legal experts have also determined HB2 is unconstitutional. A study out of the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute found it will cost North Carolina $5 billion annually.Â
Thursday morning, Democratic state Rep. Darren Jackson attempted to file an amendment to repeal HB2, and to allocate $2 million to improve the state’s image.
He was shot down.
Also introduced a budget amendment to #RepealHB2 and spend $2 mil to rehabilitate our business image. Speaker ruled it out of order. #NCGA
— Darren Jackson (@DarrenJNC) May 19, 2016
Not just shot down, but his attempt was ruled “out of order.”
My budget amendment has been ruled out of order by the Chair. It would have provided $2 mil for an ad. campaign pic.twitter.com/JUfyuGvdLX
— Darren Jackson (@DarrenJNC) May 17, 2016
Several Democratic lawmakers made sure to let the public know what happened:
.@DarrenJNC introduced a budget amendment to #RepealHB2 and spend $ to restore our image. Speaker ruled it out of order. #NCGA #ncpol
— Rep. Graig Meyer (@GraigMeyer) May 19, 2016
.@DarrenJNC calls out “elephant in the room” – massive $ lost bc hb2 and impact on budget. His amndmt to address ruled out of order #ncga
— Chris Sgro (@cristoferosgro) May 19, 2016
Rep. Darren Jackson’s amendment to repeal #HB2 was ruled out of order. @DarrenJNC
— Tricia Cotham (@triciacotham) May 19, 2016
News & Observer reporter Collin Campbell added on Twitter that Rep. Jackson wasn’t even allow to introduce the amendment today:
#HB2 repeal amendment to budget didn’t even make it to an introduction on the House floor. #ncpol https://t.co/2nJCXZtwFL
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) May 19, 2016
It’s not all that surprising, since North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is one of the top GOP leaders behind HB2, and is among those suing the federal government over it.
Joined with @SenatorBerger and filed suit today against federal govt to defend NC’s common sense bathroom protection law. #ncpol #ncga
— Speaker Tim Moore (@NCHouseSpeaker) May 9, 2016
Ultimately, the bill passed, with no HB2 repeal amendment added:
#BREAKING House passes budget 103-12. Now on to the Senate. #ncpol @WNCN pic.twitter.com/7jQCqQJv46
— Beau Minnick (@BeauMinnick) May 19, 2016
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Image by Beau Minnick via Twitter
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