HB 496 — House Bill 496 (2025-2026 Session) - North Carolina General Assembly
NC 2025 session · introduced 2025-03-24
Sponsors (7)
- Stephen M. Ross (R, NC-63) — sponsor · 2025-03-24
- Steve Tyson (R, NC-3) — sponsor · 2025-03-24
- Bill Ward (R, NC-5) — sponsor · 2025-03-24
- Celeste C. Cairns (R, NC-13) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
- Jake Johnson (R, NC-113) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
- Donna McDowell White (R, NC-26) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
- David Willis (R, NC-68) — cosponsor · 2025-03-24
Action timeline (8)
- · house — Filed
- · house — Passed 1st Reading
- · house — Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- · house — Withdrawn From Com
- · house — Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- · house — Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- · house — Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1
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Bill text (extracted)
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Connected on the graph
1 typed relationship in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate State and Local Government | — | 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 | Bill Ward (R, state_lower NC-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Stephen M. Ross (R, state_lower NC-63) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Steve Tyson (R, state_lower NC-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Celeste C. Cairns (R, state_lower NC-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David Willis (R, state_lower NC-68) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Donna McDowell White (R, state_lower NC-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jake Johnson (R, state_lower NC-113) | 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