As a second-term state representative, Beverly Perdue sponsored 10 successful bills.
During the 1989-90 session, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate sponsored bills that added a local government employee to the State Personnel Commission, created a central clearinghouse for information on preserving state historic properties and established an advisory committee on home and community care.
She also sponsored a successful bill declaring that drug- and alcohol-addicted children are not considered "children with special needs," but the state should secure an "appropriate education" for them.
She was not as successful in 11 bills that would have directed funds.
Bills to support education foundations, fire departments, human services and economic development projects, and the arts in Pamlico, Craven and Lenoir counties were all reported unfavorably by committees.
In all, she sponsored 35 bills that session, including several attempts to promote tourism in the state by creating a tourism study commission and research project.
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