Today@NCCapitol: Game nights and mini-trucks

Here's what's happening in the General Assembly on Thursday, April 18.

Posted 9:00 a.m. Apr 18, 2019 — Updated 9:00 a.m. Apr 18, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. — Here's what's happening in the General Assembly on Thursday, April 18:

Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources committee again debates a proposal to let Duke Energy recoup the costs of major projects upfront instead of through rate increases over time (10 a.m., 1124/1224 LB)
Senate Health Care considers a bill to allow restaurants to reuse oyster shells as serving dishes (10 a.m., 643 LOB)
Senate Commerce and Insurance takes up changes to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (11 a.m., 1027/1128 LB)
Senate Pensions, Retirement and Aging committee considers allowing teachers that switch jobs between charter schools and local school districts to transfer their accrued leave time (11 a.m., 1124/1224 LB)
The House is on spring break and has no floor votes scheduled.
The Senate will convene at noon and is expected to take up proposals to allow nonprofits to hold charity game nights where alcohol is served, define mini-trucks in state statutes and add the 40-mile Northern Peaks Trail between Boone and West Jefferson to the state trails system.