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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 659: Local Government Spending Transparency.

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 659 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Government Spending Transparency. Primary sponsor: Brian Echevarria (Republican), Donnie Loftis (Republican), Jonathan Almond (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2025): Withdrawn From Cal.

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 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brian EchevarriaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Donnie LoftisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Jonathan AlmondPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Mark BrodyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
John LoweryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5

“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 Withdrawn From Cal
  2. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  3. Reptd Fav
  4. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  5. Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
  6. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  7. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  8. Reptd Fav
  9. Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
  10. Passed 1st Reading
  11. Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  12. Filed

Sources

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