Governor Cooper vetoes bills affecting electric vehicles, digital currency

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) – Governor Roy Cooper on Friday, July 5, vetoed two bills.

Senate Bill 166 changes building code rules, removes some positions and makes various other adjustments.

“By limiting options for energy efficiency and electric vehicles, this legislation prevents North Carolina’s building code from adopting innovations in construction and mobility that save consumers money. This bill also removes subject matter experts from the building code council, including architects, active fire service, a coastal expert, local government officials, and public at large membership, and limits the knowledge and practical experience of the body tasked with ensuring all buildings are safely designed,” Cooper said.

House Bill 690 prohibits state agencies from accepting payments from a central bank digital currency created by the state, which currently does not exist.

“Efforts are being made at the federal level to ensure standards and safeguards are in place to protect consumers, investors and businesses that may want to make monetary transactions in digital assets and North Carolina should wait to see how they work before taking action. This legislation is premature, vague and reactionary and proposes an end result on important monetary decisions that haven’t even been made yet. Instead of this bill, the legislature should have passed a budget to provide more funding for cybersecurity threats that actually exist now,” he continued.

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