Representative Joe Hackney

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Joe Hackney

Joe Hackney is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from CHATHAM, ORANGE, and MOORE counties (54th district)


News and Notes:

2.26.2008 - Speaker Hackney donates $10,000 leadership prize to high school alma mater

7.8.2007 - Speaker Hackney awarded the Excellence in State Legislative Leadership Award at the 2007 NCSL Legislative Summit.

1.24.2007 - Rep. Joe Hackney elected speaker of the House

11.8.2006 - To the voters of Chatham, Orange and Moore, Thank You. I appreciate your support and confidence.

9.8.2006 - Representative Joe Hackney was elected Vice President of the National Conference of State Legislatures at the NCSL annual meeting in Nashville, TN.

4.14.2006 - Awarded "Political Leader of the Year" by the Carolina Recycling Association, for NC and SC, for pushing through recycling legislation in the 2005 session

1.2.2006 - Hackney to Lead National Task Force. Joe Hackney has been selected to Co-Chair a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Task Force on Immigration. The Task Force will meet several times in 2006 to study immigration policy in the states and federal government.

12.16.2005 - Joe Hackney to Lead Study Commissions. Several study commissions have been established to study issues between legislative sessions and make recommendations. Rep. Hackney will be Co-Chairing three of them:
  1. Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change, co-chaired with John Garrou of Winston-Salem.
  2. House Select Study on Capital Punishment, co-chaired with Rep. Beverly Earle of Mecklenburg.
  3. House Select Committee on Ethics and Government Reform , co-chaired with Rep. Julia Howard of Davie.

12.9.2005 - Joe Hackney received the 2005 Centennial Award, given jointly by the North Carolina Bar Association and the District 15B Bar, for "Outstanding and Exemplary Community Service".

11.12.2005 - The North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying Reform awards Rep. Joe Hackney and Sen. Tony Rand their Plott Hound Award for "Courage in Government". Details here.

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