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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 144: Elect State Board of Education/Superintendent as State Board of Education Chair.

In committee 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 144 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elect State Board of Education/Superintendent as State Board of Education Chair. Primary sponsor: Hugh Blackwell (Republican), John Torbett (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2026): Reptd Fav Com Substitute.

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): Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Hugh BlackwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
John TorbettPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse108
Brian BiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Alan BransonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Celeste CairnsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
ClampittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brian EchevarriaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Kyle HallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Frank IlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
John LoweryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Charlie MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
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. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  2. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  3. Withdrawn From Com
  4. Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  5. Passed 1st Reading
  6. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  7. Filed

Sources

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