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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 953: Study Committee on Assistant District Attorney/Assistant Public Defender/Private Assigned Counsel Pay.

Passed one chamber 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 953 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on April 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Study Committee on Assistant District Attorney/Assistant Public Defender/Private Assigned Counsel Pay. Primary sponsor: Laura Budd (Democratic), Carson Smith (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2025): Passed 2nd Reading.

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 11 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura BuddPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Carson SmithPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Mary BelkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Terry BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Kanika BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Maria CervaniaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Pricey HarrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Frances JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Carolyn LoganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Garland PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Lindsey PratherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Phil RubinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
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. Passed 2nd Reading
  2. Passed 3rd Reading
  3. Special Message Sent To Senate
  4. Special Message Received From House
  5. Passed 1st Reading
  6. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  7. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  8. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  9. Reptd Fav
  10. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  11. Placed On Cal For 05/07/2025
  12. Withdrawn From Com

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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