Senator Thom Goolsby

Past time for common sense regulatory reform

cut-red-tape072320North Carolina businesses have struggled mightily against the 15,000+ new regulations, amendments and rules that have been implemented in our state over the past decade. Our high unemployment rate and stagnant growth are proof that you cannot regulate an economy into riches.

However, relief is on the horizon. The recent Senate bipartisan passage of SB612, the Regulatory Reform Act (RRA) of 2013, offers hope to struggling job-creators in our state. (more…)

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Past Time to Increase Competition in Health Insurance

Laws Regarding Immunizations and Waivers

As the uncertainty of ObamaCare looms on the horizon, state lawmakers have not been content to sit around and wait on the coming storm. Instead, the General Assembly recently passed legislation that will help take a bite out of spiraling healthcare costs. House Bill 247, Freedom to Negotiate Healthcare Rates, prevents health insurance companies from [...]

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Sensible Drug Testing for Work First Cash & Training

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Government has truly become Big Daddy in many people’s minds. Nothing proves this claim more than recent arguments on the floor of the North Carolina Senate regarding SB 594. The proposed legislation is simple. It requires a drug test in order for individuals to receive Work First cash benefits and job training. However, to hear [...]

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Video: Sex traffickers registration bill becomes law

Senator Goolsby explains the new law requiring convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders.

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Video: Criminals to pay for court-appointed lawyers

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Sen. Goolsby details his support for HB 388 to amend assigned counsel law.

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Video: Photo voter ID in Georgia raising turnout, trust in elections

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Sen. Goolsby explains his recent column on photo voter ID.  He references this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, titled ‘Despite voter ID law, minority turnout up in Georgia.’

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Photo Voter ID Only Makes Sense

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As the debate rages over photo voter ID, it is fascinating to listen to the arguments against the proposed law.  The opposition continues to repeat the same old lines used back in 2005 when Georgia passed a similar photo ID bill. Opponents in the Peach State claimed that photo voter ID was nothing more than [...]

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Video: Bill adding traffickers to sex offender registry passes House committee

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Senate Bill 122 Sex Trafficking/Sex Offender Registration passed House Judiciary B committee today and is headed to the House floor for full consideration.

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Government Electronic Notice – A Bad Idea

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Several local governments are attempting to rewrite the laws on public notice. They claim that they can save money by not advertising their actions in local newspapers. Instead, municipal officials want to give the taxpayers notice of city and county activities on their own government websites. Senate Bill 287, a proposed law entitled “Notice Publication [...]

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Video: Stop child sex trafficking

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Sen. Thom Goolsby explains the latest bill he filed to stop child prostitution in North Carolina.  

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New Law to Stop Child Sex Trafficking

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To North Carolina’s shame, our state ranks in the top ten (number eight) for the sex trafficking of children. This form of prostitution is nothing more than systematic rape for profit. Behind every sale of a child for sex is the threat of violence or actual violence perpetrated against a minor. Recent studies have shown [...]

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