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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 729: Farmland Protection 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 729 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on April 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Farmland Protection Act. Primary sponsor: Jimmy Dixon (Republican), Julia Howard (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Reptd Fav Com Sub 2.

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 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jimmy DixonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Julia HowardPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse77
Dean ArpCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Brian BiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Hugh BlackwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Alan BransonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
William BrissonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Celeste CairnsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Blair EddinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Kelly HastingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Neal JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Charlie MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Ben MossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Howard PennyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Reece PyrtleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Dennis RiddellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Stephen RossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
StevensCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steve TysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Sam WatfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Matthew WinslowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7

“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 Sub 2
  2. Re-ref Com On Energy and Public Utilities
  3. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  4. Re-ref Com On Agriculture and Environment
  5. Serial Referral To Energy and Public Utilities Stricken
  6. Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
  7. Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
  8. Withdrawn From Com
  9. Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  10. Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
  11. Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
  12. Serial Referral To Energy and Public Utilities Added

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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