HB 478 — House Bill 478 (2025-2026 Session) - North Carolina General Assembly
NC 2025 session · introduced 2025-03-20
Sponsors (8)
- Jennifer Balkcom (R, NC-117) — sponsor · 2025-03-20
- Sarah Stevens (R, NC-90) — sponsor · 2025-03-20
- Brian Biggs (R, NC-70) — sponsor · 2025-03-20
- Jerry "Alan" Branson (R, NC-59) — cosponsor · 2025-03-20
- Neal Jackson (R, NC-78) — cosponsor · 2025-03-20
- Donnie Loftis (R, NC-109) — cosponsor · 2025-03-20
- Paul Scott (R, NC-111) — cosponsor · 2025-03-20
- Bill Ward (R, NC-5) — cosponsor · 2025-03-20
Action timeline (9)
- · house — Filed
- · house — Passed 1st Reading
- · house — Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Election Law, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Reptd Fav
- · house — Re-ref Com On Election Law
- · house — Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- · house — Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
- · house — Reptd Fav
- · house — Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Bill text (extracted)
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate State and Local Government | — | nc-leg | |
| — | → | House Election Law | — | 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 | Brian Biggs (R, state_lower NC-70) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jennifer Balkcom (R, state_lower NC-117) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Sarah Stevens (R, state_lower NC-90) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Bill Ward (R, state_lower NC-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Donnie Loftis (R, state_lower NC-109) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jerry "Alan" Branson (R, state_lower NC-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Neal Jackson (R, state_lower NC-78) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Paul Scott (R, state_lower NC-111) | 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 State and Local Government · nc-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House Election Law · nc-leg