Recipient of the 2010 Legislator
of the Year Award
Representative
Hugh Holliman
Legislator
of the Year is awarded to a legislator that has been an advocate
and or sponsor for significant public health legislation.
The "smoking
bill" or House Bill 2 was significant public health legislation
in our state.
Represenative
Holliman was the primary bill sponsor of House Bill 2 and leader
of the legislation as it moved through the House and then the
Senate. While passage of this historic legislation required
the work of countless individuals including bill co-sponsors,
health advocates and members of the public Representative Holliman
was clearly the foundation of House Bill 2.
Representative
Holliman along with his co-sponsors educated their peers and
others about the hazards of secondhand smoke, the costs to
our state and the personal loss to families when someone becomes
ill or dies prematurely because of someone else's choices It
was an uphill climb with opposition all along the way, but
this important piece of legislation will have a tremendous
positive impact on our state now and for years to come. A special
thank you to Representative Holliman for all his work on this
legislation.
Please join
me in congratulating Representative Hugh Holliman as the NCALHD
Legislator of the Year. |
