Lawmakers trying to clear decks before adjourning for year

By GARY D. ROBERTSON

Associated Press

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly did some heavy lifting this week passing significant legislation on Medicaid, economic development incentives and the 2016 primaries.

But as the eight-month session moved toward adjournment next week, legislators took up a host of bills Thursday that some lawmakers and advocacy groups want to see acted upon before everyone goes home until next spring.

The legislature gave final approval to a measure making it a crime in most cases for someone to use GPS devices to track others against their will.

The Senate passed a bill making it a felony to sell the remains of aborted fetuses. The House also decided to remove a contentious provision in a bill that would transfer deer farming regulations from the Wildlife Resources Commission to the Agriculture Department.

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