Which state bills have the most support?

Recent surveys by the Elon University Poll, the conservative Civitas Institute and the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling have shown broad agreement on a number of issues.

Below, the percentage in support and the corresponding bill:

H.B. 361: Defense of Marriage (76 percent, Civitas)

S.B. 155: Community College Can't Admit Illegal Aliens (74 percent, PPP)

H.B. 88: Healthy Youth Act (69 percent, PPP)

H.B. 2: Prohibit Smoking in Public & Work Places. (67 percent, Elon; 64 percent PPP)

S.B. 12: Ban Mobile Phone Use While Driving (66 percent, Elon)

H.B. 35: Independent Redistricting Commission (55 percent, Civitas)

Correction: A previous version of this post included S.B. 161, which would overturn the moratorium on the death penalty. Polling data is conflicted on this issue, so it has been removed from the list.

Sen. Phil Berger hopes to get the death penalty back on track.

The Senate Republican leader has again filed a bill that would end a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in North Carolina.

The N.C. Supreme Court is considering a case involving a Catch 22 that led to the moratorium: Doctors are required to be present at executions, but the N.C. Medical Society has objected to allowing doctors to attend.

Berger's bill would forbid any group from disciplining a doctor for attending at an execution.

He said he was not hopeful that the bill will go anywhere in the Democratic-dominated Senate unless the Supreme Court's decision forces its hand.

"What the Supreme Court says may determine whether or not there's some pressure to do something with the bill," he said. 

A few more interesting Senate bills filed:

S.B. 158: Modify Felony Death by Vehicle Penalty, Sen. Phil Berger

S.B. 160: Students Under 16 May Attend Comm. College, Sen. Phil Berger

S.B. 161: Execution / Physician Assistance Authorized, Sen. Phil Berger

S.B. 164: Unauthorized Practice of Medicine / Felony, Sen. James Forrester

S.B. 167: No Smoking / Cell Phones on Prison Grounds, Sen. Charlie Albertson