House passes its state budget proposal

RALEIGH, N.C. — The House has given final approval to its own budget proposal for the coming year by another wide margin.

The chamber voted 104-10 on Thursday in favor of the $21.3 billion spending plan and sent it to the Senate for consideration. On Wednesday, the House gave initial approval by a similar vote.

The plan would adjust the second year of the current two-year budget and would take effect July 1.

While the bill's passage was largely bipartisan, House Democrats helped push back two Republican amendments.

One would have repealed a provision in last year's budget that gave counties the option to raise land transfer taxes if local voters approved. The other amendment would have required a statewide vote before more than a half-billion dollars in debt would be authorized.