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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 4: Sam's Law.

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 4 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Sam's Law. Primary sponsor: Keith Kidwell (Republican), Celeste Cairns (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2025): Passed 2nd Reading.

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 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith KidwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Celeste CairnsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Brian BiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Amber BakerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
ClampittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bryan CohnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Tricia CothamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse105
Brian EchevarriaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Dudley GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Pricey HarrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Ya LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Ben MossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Erin ParéCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Larry PottsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Reece PyrtleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Tim ReederCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Dennis RiddellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Mitchell SetzerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Charles SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Donna WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
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. Passed 2nd Reading
  2. Passed 3rd Reading
  3. Special Message Sent To Senate
  4. Special Message Received From House
  5. Passed 1st Reading
  6. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  7. Withdrawn From Com
  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 05/07/2025
  12. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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