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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 5: NC Constitutional Carry Act.

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 5 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: NC Constitutional Carry Act. Primary sponsor: Keith Kidwell (Republican), Jay Adams (Republican), Ben Moss (Republican). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 19, 2025): 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 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith KidwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Jay AdamsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse96
Ben MossPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Dean ArpCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Brian BiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Mark BrodyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Celeste CairnsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Grant CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
ClampittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brian EchevarriaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Blair EddinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Wyatt GableCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Ed GoodwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dudley GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Kelly HastingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Cody HuneycuttCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Larry PottsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Dennis RiddellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Diane WheatleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
David WillisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68

“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 Withdrawn From Com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 Judiciary 2, 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