In a busy meeting, the Senate Commerce Committee considers another Harrison/Samuelson bill, HB 1353, that provides that no city or county ordinance can prohibit the installation of clotheslines. One committee member sums it up nicely, “You can’t legislate everything.”
Debate includes questions about condominiums and other common living areas. Sen Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, asks if there is any kind of dress code required when hanging up your clothes. Sen Bill Purcell, D-Scotland, shares that his wife says cotton sheets should not be dried in a dryer. Sen Tom Apadoca, R-Henderson, suggests they roll that into an amendment.
Mercifully, Committee chair, R.C Soles, D-Columbus, calls for a vote and by a very loud voice vote, the bill fails. At least for today, government stays out of the laundry rooms of North Carolinians.
