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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 139: Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 139 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), Ray Pickett (Republican), Larry Potts (Republican). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Regular Message Received From House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer BalkcomPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Ray PickettPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Larry PottsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Eric AgerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Brian BiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Hugh BlackwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Gloristine BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Terry BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Laura BuddCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Celeste CairnsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Blair EddinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Keith KidwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Charlie MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Ben MossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Tim ReederCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Shelly WillinghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
David WillisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Jeff ZengerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Regular Message Received From House
  2. Passed 1st Reading
  3. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  4. Passed 2nd Reading
  5. Passed 3rd Reading
  6. Regular Message Sent To Senate
  7. Reptd Fav
  8. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  9. Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025
  10. Reptd Fav
  11. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  12. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source