90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
What they say
His campaign says he passed 90 pieces of legislation as a state senator.
“While serving in the North Carolina state senate, he passed 90 pieces of legislation to expand health care coverage, lower utility rates, fund rural schools, and expand broadband internet access.”
What the record shows
The legislature lists 565 Senate bills and resolutions with him as a sponsor across his six sessions. 110 of them were enacted or adopted: 97 session laws and 13 resolutions. He was a primary sponsor of 47 of the 110: 40 session laws and 7 resolutions.
Limit: The count of 90 or more holds when every bill listing him as a sponsor counts, as this site counts sponsors and cosponsors alike. Counting only bills he led, it is 47. The list includes a 2019 law letting electric co-ops offer rural broadband and a 2019 law he led on emergency operating funds for utilities; the other subjects were not checked bill by bill.