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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 156: Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance.

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 156 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance. Primary sponsor: Erin Paré (Republican), Donna White (Republican), Chris Humphrey (Republican). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Regular Message Sent To Senate.

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 4 · Republican 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Erin ParéPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Donna WhitePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Chris HumphreyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse12
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Grant CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Allen ChesserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Mike ColvinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Frances JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Garland PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Joe PikeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Tim ReederCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Steve TysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
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 Sent To Senate
  2. Regular Message Received From House
  3. Passed 1st Reading
  4. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  5. Passed 2nd Reading
  6. Passed 3rd Reading
  7. Reptd Fav
  8. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  9. Reptd Fav
  10. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  11. Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
  12. Reptd Fav

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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