The state Senate agreed Monday evening to do away with North Carolina's recently-created electronics recycling program and a related ban on computers, televisions and printers in local landfills.

Eliminating the recycling effort was incorporated into the Senate Republicans' annual "regulatory reform" bill, which was approved in a largely 30-15 party-line vote and now goes to the House. House Republicans are pushing their own regulatory changes.

The Senate GOP measure also halts annual motor vehicle emissions testing in eight counties, places new restrictions on rule-making by government agencies believed to be costly financially and eliminates or consolidates environmental reports.