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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

SB 526: The Hands Free NC 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

SB 526 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate on March 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: The Hands Free NC Act. Primary sponsor: Jim Burgin (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2025): Passed 1st 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 6 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim BurginPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Woodson BradleyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Jay ChaudhuriCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Kevin CorbinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Lisa GrafsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Julie MayfieldCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate49
Gladys RobinsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Caleb TheodrosCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41

“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 1st Reading
  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  3. Filed

Sources

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