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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 42: Back the Blue Pay Act.

Passed both chambers 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 42 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Back the Blue Pay Act. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), Carson Smith (Republican), Charlie Miller (Republican). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 22, 2025): Withdrawn From Com.

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 28

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer BalkcomPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Carson SmithPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Charlie MillerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Brian BiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Alan BransonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
William BrissonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Celeste CairnsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Todd CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Blair EddinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Dudley GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Frank IlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Ben MossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Howard PennyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joe PikeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Larry PottsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Reece PyrtleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Steve TysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Harry WarrenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Diane WheatleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
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. Withdrawn From Com
  2. Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
  3. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  4. Com Substitute Adopted
  5. Placed on Today's Calendar
  6. Passed 2nd Reading
  7. Passed 3rd Reading
  8. Special Message Sent To House
  9. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
  10. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  11. Regular Message Sent To Senate
  12. Regular Message Received From House

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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