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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

SB 554: Farmers Protection Act.

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

SB 554 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate on March 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Farmers Protection Act. Primary sponsor: Buck Newton (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 8, 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): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Buck NewtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Lisa BarnesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Bob BrinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
HanigCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tim MoffittCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Norman SandersonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Benton SawreyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“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, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  3. Passed 2nd Reading
  4. Passed 3rd Reading
  5. Special Message Sent To House
  6. Special Message Received From Senate
  7. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  8. Com Substitute Adopted
  9. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  10. Reptd Fav
  11. Withdrawn From Com
  12. Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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