Diane Wheatley

Diane Wheatley

RepublicanRepresentative · District 43
Running for Reelection · November 2026

Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov

40
Bills Sponsored
68
Bills Cosponsored
802
Votes Cast
100%
Party Unity Score

Sponsored Bills (40)

H832Engrossed

Education Omnibus

This education omnibus bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina education law, including expanding automatic enrollment in advanced courses to include English Language Arts, allowing parents to choose nursing service providers for students with IEPs, restructuring charter school governance, establishing a meal incentive program, modifying teacher licensing requirements, and updating various education reporting requirements.

House2026-08-06
H1126Passed

2026 DST Admin/Technical/Clarifying Changes.-AB

This bill makes administrative, technical, and clarifying changes to North Carolina state laws related to the Department of State Treasurer, retirement systems, state health plans, the NC Investment Authority, unclaimed property, local government finance, and capital facilities. The changes include reinstating military service credit for state employees, clarifying death benefit rules, allowing Legislative Retirement System members more work flexibility, modernizing investment authority responsibilities, and updating various procedural and definitional provisions across multiple state programs.

House2026-07-08
H1220Passed

Various Local Provisions IX

This bill makes several local changes in North Carolina: it removes a restriction on alcohol sales in Stedman, allows Madison County sheriffs to work with Tennessee counties on law enforcement, gives Stanley's town manager more hiring authority, allows Pine Knoll Shores to place navigation markers, annexes parts of Camp Lejeune and other Marine Corps facilities into Jacksonville, and authorizes Cumberland County to consolidate its emergency 911 dispatch systems.

House2026-07-02

Cosponsored Bills (68)

H34Engrossed

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

This bill strengthens oversight of Medicaid providers in North Carolina by establishing a Provider Enrollment Credentialing Committee to review provider applications and eligibility, expanding grounds for denying or terminating provider enrollment based on criminal convictions and licensing actions, and requiring providers to report criminal convictions of their employees. The bill also makes changes to prepaid health plan networks and Medicaid eligibility.

House2026-06-25
H171Vetoed

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

This bill prohibits North Carolina state agencies and local governments from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, policies, or staff positions. It defines DEI as initiatives that influence hiring or employment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, nationality, country of origin, or sexual orientation outside of merit-based processes, and establishes penalties for violations including fines up to $10,000 and potential removal from employment.

House2026-06-24
H258Passed

Worker Safety Act of 2026

This bill clarifies the process for filing complaints about workplace retaliation under North Carolina's worker protection laws. It specifies what information complaints must contain, allows employers to submit response statements within seven days, requires extra materials submitted with complaints to be destroyed and kept confidential, and establishes how time periods are calculated in these cases.

House2026-06-22

Voting Record (802)

802
Votes Cast
722
Yea
66
Nay
98%
Participation
  • Yea
    S775HousePassed

    General Assembly Appointments

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    H307HousePassed

    Iryna's Law

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    H358HousePassed

    Continuing Budget Operations Part II

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    S776HousePassed

    Adjournment Resolution Changes

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    S13HousePassed

    Political Terrorism Prevention Act

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    S403HousePassed

    Additional Medicaid Funds and Requirements

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    S774HousePassed

    Confirm Stephanie Lynch, Investment Authority

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    H926HousePassed

    Regulatory Reform Act of 2025

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    H775HousePassed

    Criminal History Checks for School Positions

    2025-09-23
  • Yea
    H775HousePassed

    Criminal History Checks for School Positions

    2025-09-23
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