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
    S1089HousePassed

    Appt. Melanie Bush Division of Health Benefit

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    S1088HousePassed

    Appt. Floyd McKissick NC Utilities

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    H199HousePassed

    Authorize Municipal Deannexation

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    H332HousePassed

    Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    H1222HousePassed

    Record Development Approval Votes/Brunswick

    2026-07-01
  • Yea
    H747HousePassed

    2026 Wildlife Resources Changes

    2026-07-01
  • Yea
    H1104HousePassed

    Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

    2026-07-01
  • Yea
    S474HousePassed

    Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

    2026-07-01
  • Yea
    S1074HousePassed

    Eden/Mills River/Guilford Art 46 Local Act

    2026-07-01
  • Yea
    H920HousePassed

    Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Prot. Act

    2026-07-01
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