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Votes at a glance: House sends package of bills to the Senate after full-floor session
Summary
The North Carolina House completed its calendar and sent a broad set of bills to the Senate, including measures on health care access, PBM reform, education, transportation, public-safety rules and agency technical corrections; several passed unanimously or by recorded votes.
Raleigh — During a full-floor session the North Carolina House considered and advanced a broad package of bills to the Senate, completing second and third readings on multiple measures across policy areas.
Notable bills sent to the Senate included:
• HB38 — Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act (prohibits use of firearms merchant-category codes for transaction tracking; includes civil penalties and a private right of action). (See separate coverage.)
• HB107 — Establish SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy) awareness week (passed unanimously).
• HB126 — Revisions to voluntary agricultural district laws (presented by the North Carolina Grange; passed).
• HB152 — Expand primary care access to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression treatment (passed).
• HB163 — Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform (transparency, ban on spread pricing, patient pharmacy choice) — passed following sponsor Q&A on scope and state health plan exclusion.
• HB217 — Driver education requirements for those 18 and older who never held a license (passed).
• HB250 — Delay annual report requirement for deployed service members (technical amendment adopted; passed).
• HB288 — Require POW/MIA flags at state buildings and public schools (passed).
• HB298 — Allow small-business deferral of system development fees for up to three years in local agreements (passed).
• HB368 — Child passenger restraint updates (aligns rear-facing and booster transitions with safety guidance; passed).
• HB372 — Home-Based Business Fairness Act (passed unanimously).
• HB476/HB477 — Treasurer and retirement system technical/conforming changes (passed).
• HB506 — State investment modernization and creation of an investment authority (passed committee substitute on the floor and ordered to Senate).
• HB568/HB570 — Agency omnibus labor amendments and firefighting foam management to limit PFAS exposure during training (both passed).
• HB649/HB694 and others — statutory studies and routine agency bills (passed).
Floor action on many bills was routine after committee work; some measures generated specific debate (notably HB163 and HB318). The clerk recorded roll-call votes and voice votes are noted in the transcript for each bill; where the transcript provided recorded tallies, those numbers were referenced in floor remarks and vote records. The House adjourned and scheduled reconvening on Wednesday, April 30 at 10 a.m.
