NC HB 42

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Back the Blue Pay Act.

North Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NC HB 42 pass?

The current status of NC HB 42 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2025-09-22): Withdrawn From Com

What is NC HB 42 about?

NC HB 42 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Back the Blue Pay Act.”.

Who sponsors NC HB 42?

Miller, Carson Smith, Balkcom are the primary sponsors of NC HB 42, joined by 26 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-03
Latest action: 2025-09-22 — Withdrawn From Com
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-22
Withdrawn From Com
2025-09-22
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
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2025-09-22
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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2025-09-22
Com Substitute Adopted
2025-09-22
Placed on Today's Calendar
2025-09-22
Passed 2nd Reading
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2025-09-22
Passed 3rd Reading
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2025-09-22
Special Message Sent To House
2025-09-22
Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
2025-09-22
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
referral-committee
2025-03-05
Regular Message Sent To Senate
2025-03-05
Regular Message Received From House
2025-03-05
Passed 1st Reading
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2025-03-05
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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2025-03-04
Passed 2nd Reading
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2025-03-04
Passed 3rd Reading
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2025-03-03
Reptd Fav
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2025-03-03
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
2025-03-03
Placed On Cal For 03/04/2025
2025-02-25
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
referral-committee
2025-02-05
Passed 1st Reading
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2025-02-05
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
referral-committee
2025-02-03
Filed
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Documents

Votes

Second Reading
2025-03-04 · pass · 114-0
Member-level votes (120)
- Ager: yes
- Alston: yes
- Baker: yes
- Ball: yes
- Belk: yes
- Brockman: yes
- G. Brown: yes
- K. Brown: yes
- T. Brown: yes
- Buansi: yes
- Budd: yes
- Butler: yes
- Carney: yes
- Cervania: yes
- Clark: yes
- Cohn: yes
- Colvin: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Dew: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hawkins: yes
- Helfrich: yes
- F. Jackson: yes
- Jeffers: yes
- Johnson-Hostler: yes
- A. Jones: yes
- Liu: yes
- Lofton: yes
- Logan: yes
- Longest: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Majeed: yes
- Morey: yes
- G. Pierce: yes
- R. Pierce: yes
- Pittman: yes
- Prather: yes
- Price: yes
- Quick: yes
- Reives: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Rubin: yes
- CharlesSmith: yes
- Turner: yes
- vonHaefen: yes
- Willingham: yes
- Adams: yes
- Almond: yes
- Arp: yes
- Balkcom: yes
- Bell: yes
- Biggs: yes
- Blackwell: yes
- Blust: yes
- Branson: yes
- Brisson: yes
- Brody: yes
- Cairns: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Carver: yes
- Chesser: yes
- Clampitt: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Echevarria: yes
- Eddins: yes
- Gable: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Greene: yes
- D. Hall: yes
- K. Hall: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Howard: yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Huneycutt: yes
- N. Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- B. Jones: yes
- Kidwell: yes
- Lambeth: yes
- Loftis: yes
- Lowery: yes
- McNeely: yes
- Miller: yes
- Paré: yes
- Penny: yes
- Pickett: yes
- Pike: yes
- Pless: yes
- Potts: yes
- Pyrtle: yes
- Reeder: yes
- Rhyne: yes
- Riddell: yes
- Ross: yes
- Sauls: yes
- Schietzelt: yes
- Setzer: yes
- Shepard: yes
- Stevens: yes
- Torbett: yes
- Tyson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Warren: yes
- Watford: yes
- Wheatley: yes
- White: yes
- Willis: yes
- Winslow: yes
- Zenger: yes
- Cotham: absent
- Iler: absent
- Moss: absent
- Scott: absent
- CarsonSmith: absent
- Strickland: absent
Second Reading
2025-09-22 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (50)
- Adcock: yes
- Applewhite: yes
- Batch: yes
- Blue: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Chaudhuri: yes
- Chitlik: yes
- Everitt: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Grafstein: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Mohammed: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Salvador: yes
- Smith: yes
- Theodros: yes
- Waddell: yes
- Alexander: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Berger: yes
- Brinson: yes
- Britt: yes
- Burgin: yes
- Corbin: yes
- Craven: yes
- Daniel: yes
- Ford: yes
- Galey: yes
- Hanig: yes
- Hise: yes
- Hollo: yes
- Jarvis: yes
- Jones: yes
- Lazzara: yes
- Lee: yes
- McInnis: yes
- Measmer: yes
- Moffitt: yes
- B. Newton: yes
- Overcash: yes
- Rabon: yes
- Sanderson: yes
- Sawrey: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Settle: yes
- Jackson: absent
- Johnson: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H42

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