Amy Scott Galey

Voted yes on Senate Bill 266, an energy bill. It erased the rule that big power companies must cut carbon dioxide 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The 2050 goal of no net emissions stays. The law also lets a power company raise rates to pay for a plant that is still being built. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-18 to override, the House did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 472, a coastal bill. If the state misses a deadline to review a water quality permit, it loses its say and the project may go ahead without one. The state may not add protections beyond the least needed to meet water standards, and man-made ditches and canals lost coastal protection. The bill also created a new permit track for upland basin marinas, which the state must approve within 60 days unless it finds the project cannot meet the listed criteria. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate agreed 30-15 to the House version passed 66-45, and the governor signed it.

June 25, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on House Bill 768. Some apartment buildings, hotels and motels no longer need the system that lets firefighters' radios work inside, and owners already excused may switch off one they installed. It also put state water pollution reviews on a clock, where missing the deadline means the state loses its say and the project may go ahead. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 30-17 and the House agreed 67-44. The governor signed it.

June 23, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 554. It would have barred state-chartered banks and credit unions from refusing or ending service to a farmer because of the farm's greenhouse gas emissions or its use of fossil fuels. The state banking commissioner would check for this during routine exams. National banks were not covered, and the bill created no right to sue. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 36-11. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 261. It would have dropped the state's 2030 goal of cutting power plant carbon dioxide by 70 percent, while keeping the 2050 goal of net zero. It also would have let electric utilities start charging customers for a large power plant while it is still being built, instead of waiting until it is finished. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 31-12. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 13, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 1082. It would have asked voters to add a right to work rule to the state constitution. The rule says a person cannot be denied a job for joining or not joining a labor union. North Carolina already has this in state law. Putting it in the constitution would make it harder for a future legislature to undo. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 30-16 to put the question on the November 2026 ballot. The House has not voted on it, so the question has not gone to voters.

May 20, 2026Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 1082. It would have asked voters to add a right to work rule to the state constitution. The rule says a person cannot be denied a job for joining or not joining a labor union. North Carolina already has this in state law. Putting it in the constitution would make it harder for a future legislature to undo. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 30-16 to put the question on the November 2026 ballot. The House has not voted on it, so the question has not gone to voters.

May 20, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted yes on House Bill 568, a labor law bill. State safety inspectors can no longer be made to testify in most private lawsuits, though their written reports may now be used as evidence. Employers with fewer than five workers no longer post the notice of workplace rights, and larger ones post it in one place instead of every room. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 26-17 and the House agreed 72-42. The governor signed it.

June 10, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted yes on House Bill 1089. It puts a question on the November 3, 2026 ballot asking voters to change the state constitution. The change would order the legislature to pass a law limiting how much the property tax a county or city collects can rise, though it sets no limit itself and allows exceptions. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 31-15 and the House also passed it, and the question now goes to the voters rather than the governor.

May 20, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 261. It would have dropped the state's 2030 goal of cutting power plant carbon dioxide by 70 percent, while keeping the 2050 goal of net zero. It also would have let electric utilities start charging customers for a large power plant while it is still being built, instead of waiting until it is finished. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 31-12. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 13, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted yes on House Bill 318, an immigration bill. Jails must check the status of anyone charged with a felony, some serious misdemeanors, or drunk driving. If federal agents want the person, the jail must hold them up to 48 more hours after they would have gone free. Judges must run the same check when they set bail. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override, the House did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 153, the North Carolina Border Protection Act. State law enforcement and prison agencies must sign agreements to have officers do federal immigration work. State agencies must stop giving state-funded benefits and publicly funded housing help to people here without legal permission, though food aid is left alone. A city or county that keeps a sanctuary policy loses its immunity from tort suits if someone here illegally commits a crime there, and UNC campuses may not adopt sanctuary policies. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override in July 2025, the House followed in June 2026, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted yes on House Bill 437. It would have raised the penalty for selling drugs within 100 feet of a homeless shelter, and made it a felony for a shelter operator to intentionally allow that. It would also have barred a city or county from letting people camp or sleep on public land, except at one site it picks and the state certifies, for up to a year. A resident or business owner could sue the local government to enforce that. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 26-16 and the House agreed. The governor vetoed the bill and no override vote has been held, so it is not law.

June 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes on House Bill 307, known as Iryna's Law. Judges may no longer release a person before trial on a written promise to appear, and for 18 serious crimes the law starts from the position that no release is safe. It also restarted executions, with a backup method if lethal injection cannot be used, and it barred the state from bringing back a task force on racial equity in criminal justice. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 28-8 and the House agreed 81-31. The governor signed it.

September 22, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes on House Bill 768. Some apartment buildings, hotels and motels no longer need the system that lets firefighters' radios work inside, and owners already excused may switch off one they installed. It also put state water pollution reviews on a clock, where missing the deadline means the state loses its say and the project may go ahead. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 30-17 and the House agreed 67-44. The governor signed it.

June 23, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted yes on House Bill 437. It would have raised the penalty for selling drugs within 100 feet of a homeless shelter, and made it a felony for a shelter operator to intentionally allow that. It would also have barred a city or county from letting people camp or sleep on public land, except at one site it picks and the state certifies, for up to a year. A resident or business owner could sue the local government to enforce that. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 26-16 and the House agreed. The governor vetoed the bill and no override vote has been held, so it is not law.

June 24, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 50, called the Freedom to Carry Act. It would have let any citizen 18 or older carry a hidden handgun without a permit, while keeping the current bans on felons and some others. The bill also raised the death benefit paid when a police officer or firefighter is killed on the job. It added new felonies for a felon who carries or fires a gun during another crime. A yes vote was to pass the bill over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override the veto. The House never held its own vote, so the bill is not law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted yes on House Bill 193, a gun bill. It lets staff at private schools carry a gun at school if the school agrees in writing. It also lets permit holders carry a hidden handgun in a church that shares land with a school. It also raised the penalties for attacking or threatening a public official. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 29-19 to override, the House did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 249. It redrew two of North Carolina's 14 seats in the U.S. House, District 1 and District 3, both in the east. The other 12 did not change. The legislature's own report on the map shows District 1 going from a close seat to one that voted about 55 percent Republican for president in 2024. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 26-20 and the House 66-48, and congressional maps are not sent to the governor, so it became law that day.

October 21, 2025Opposes Election Integrity

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 1080. It puts a question on the November 3, 2026 ballot asking voters to change the state constitution. The change would lower the highest income tax rate the state may ever charge, from 7 percent to 3.5 percent, covering both personal and business income tax. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 30-18 and the House also passed it, and the question now goes to the voters rather than the governor.

May 19, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted yes on House Bill 307, known as Iryna's Law. Judges may no longer release a person before trial on a written promise to appear, and for 18 serious crimes the law starts from the position that no release is safe. It also restarted executions, with a backup method if lethal injection cannot be used, and it barred the state from bringing back a task force on racial equity in criminal justice. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 28-8 and the House agreed 81-31. The governor signed it.

September 22, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on House Bill 805. It sets one fixed meaning of sex, man and woman for every state and local rule, and it stops state money from paying for gender transition care in prisons. The same law makes porn sites check the age and written consent of everyone in an image, and take images down within 72 hours when asked. It also changed school rules on shared sleeping quarters and library books. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override, the House did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 227. Public schools may no longer run a diversity, equity and inclusion office, or teach what the law calls divisive concepts. One banned idea is that one race or sex is better than another. Free speech and normal history teaching are protected. Each school must report every year that it follows the law. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override in July 2025, the House followed in June 2026, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 558. State universities and community colleges may no longer keep a diversity, equity and inclusion office, or employ staff to promote what the law calls divisive concepts. They also may not require a class on those ideas for a degree unless the chancellor agrees. They may not take reports about speech that the First Amendment protects. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override in July 2025, the House followed in June 2026, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on House Bill 171. It would have stopped state agencies and local governments from running diversity, equity and inclusion programs, hiring staff for them, or paying for them with public money. Public universities and community colleges were left out. An official who broke the money rule could be fined up to $10,000 for each payment, and people could sue. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 26-20 and the governor vetoed the bill. The House voted to override in 2026 but the Senate has not, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 442, the Parents Protection Act. Raising a child as their birth sex, or calling them by it, can no longer be the reason for an abuse or neglect case or a child abuse charge. An adoption agency also may not turn parents down because they will not support a child's gender transition. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate agreed 28-19 to the House version passed 74-36, and the governor signed it.

June 23, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted yes on Senate Bill 1057. Proxy advisers are firms that tell large investors how to vote their shares at company meetings. An adviser who told clients to vote against a company's management would have had to say whether the advice rested on a written financial study, and to tell the company's board. Advisers would also register with the state, and could be sued. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 29-13. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 24, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted yes on House Bill 936. It would have rewritten the state's phone sales law around robocalls, meaning recorded, computer-made, or AI voice calls, and spam texts. Callers would need written permission first. Faking caller ID to cheat someone, or posing as a government official, would be banned. Charities, political calls and pollsters stayed exempt. A yes vote helped the bill move ahead. The Senate voted 32-15. The House refused the Senate's version and the bill went to a conference committee, which has not reported, so it is not law.

June 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted yes on House Bill 805. It sets one fixed meaning of sex, man and woman for every state and local rule, and it stops state money from paying for gender transition care in prisons. The same law makes porn sites check the age and written consent of everyone in an image, and take images down within 72 hours when asked. It also changed school rules on shared sleeping quarters and library books. A yes vote backed making the bill law over the governor's veto. The Senate voted 30-19 to override, the House did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted yes on House Bill 568, a labor law bill. State safety inspectors can no longer be made to testify in most private lawsuits, though their written reports may now be used as evidence. Employers with fewer than five workers no longer post the notice of workplace rights, and larger ones post it in one place instead of every room. A yes vote helped make the bill law. The Senate voted 26-17 and the House agreed 72-42. The governor signed it.

June 10, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Presided over a North Carolina Senate Health Care Committee meeting as committee co-chair.

June 11, 2026

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Was a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 55, the expedited-removal bill that became Session Law 2025-88 on August 6, 2025. Its primary sponsors were Senators Lee, Burgin and Barnes.

August 6, 2025

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Was a primary sponsor of a bill proposing to let private-school and home-school students, and students whose school lacks a given sport, play that sport at a nearby public high school, which could charge a reasonable fee (Senate Bill 48). It stayed in committee.

February 5, 2025

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026