HB 247 — House Bill 247 / SL 2025-21 (2025-2026 Session) - North Carolina General Assembly
NC 2025 session · introduced 2025-02-27
Sponsors (4)
- Sam Watford (R, NC-80) — sponsor · 2025-02-27
- Mitchell S. Setzer (R, NC-89) — sponsor · 2025-02-27
- Jerry "Alan" Branson (R, NC-59) — cosponsor · 2025-02-27
- Shelly Willingham (D, NC-23) — cosponsor · 2025-02-27
Action timeline (38)
- · house — Filed
- · house — Passed 1st Reading
- · house — Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- · house — Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Withdrawn From Com
- · house — Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Withdrawn From Com
- · house — Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Reptd Fav
- · house — Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- · house — Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025
- · house — Passed 2nd Reading
- · house — Passed 3rd Reading
- · house — Regular Message Sent To Senate
- · senate — Regular Message Received From House
- · senate — Passed 1st Reading
- · senate — Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- · senate — Withdrawn From Com
- · senate — Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
- · senate — Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- · senate — Com Substitute Adopted
- · senate — Re-ref Com On Judiciary
- · senate — Reptd Fav
- · senate — Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- · senate — Reptd Fav
- · senate — Passed 2nd Reading
- · senate — Passed 3rd Reading
- · senate — Special Message Sent To House
- · house — Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- · house — Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- · house — Placed On Cal For 06/18/2025
- · house — Concurred In S Com Sub
- · house — Ordered Enrolled
- · house — Ratified
- · house — Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2025
- · house — Signed by Gov. 6/26/2025
- · house — Ch. SL 2025-21
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Bill text (extracted)
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 3 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate Judiciary | — | nc-leg | |
| — | → | Rules and Operations of the Senate | — | nc-leg | |
| — | → | House Energy and Public Utilities | — | nc-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell S. Setzer (R, state_lower NC-89) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Sam Watford (R, state_lower NC-80) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Jerry "Alan" Branson (R, state_lower NC-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Shelly Willingham (D, state_lower NC-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate Judiciary · nc-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Rules and Operations of the Senate · nc-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House Energy and Public Utilities · nc-leg