Protest petition bill delayed a day
The bill to restore protest petition rights in zoning cases to Greensboro residents has had its vote in the House delayed a day. Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Greensboro Democrat, pulled the bill back from consideration just before it was to be heard. The measure is now scheduled for Tuesday's calendar.
Rep. Earl Jones did not brave the ice, sleet and snow to get down to the General Assembly Monday night as the five other House members from Guilford County did. Jones, I'm told, wanted to make sure he got to cast a vote on the bill, so it was held as a courtesy to him.
The Senate version of the measure is on the Senate State and Local Government committee agenda for tomorrow. However, both bills do not need to pass and in fact it is rare (although not unheard of) for the House and Senate to do their own versions of legislation. Typically, the first chamber to pass a bill gets to have its version passed into law.
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