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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 855: Residency Licenses for Nonpublic Exceptional Children Teachers.

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 855 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on April 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Residency Licenses for Nonpublic Exceptional Children Teachers. Primary sponsor: Hugh Blackwell (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican), Brandon Lofton (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Reptd Fav.

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 7 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Hugh BlackwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Brian BiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Brandon LoftonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Gloristine BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Pricey HarrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Zack HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Frances JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Carolyn LoganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Tim LongestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
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. Reptd Fav
  2. Re-ref Com On Finance
  3. Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
  4. Serial Referral To Finance Added
  5. Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
  6. Passed 1st Reading
  7. Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  8. Filed

Sources

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