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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 985: Increase Punishment for Assaulting 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 985 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on April 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increase Punishment for Assaulting Teachers. Primary sponsor: Tricia Cotham (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Withdrawn From Com.

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 3 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tricia CothamPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse105
Brian BiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
John BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
John BlustCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Alan BransonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Jimmy DixonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Frances JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Keith KidwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Ray PickettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Garland PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Joe PikeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Dante PittmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Reece PyrtleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Diane WheatleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Donna WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
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. Withdrawn From Com
  2. Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  3. Passed 1st Reading
  4. Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  5. Filed

Sources

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