North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 44 D · 2 I · 1 R cosponsors

HB 503 — Don't Tread on Me Act.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 47 sponsors

    3 primary, 44 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (44 D · 2 I · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

35 added · 34 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of House Bill 503 adds new provisions that strengthen individual rights, particularly in areas of personal health and education. Notably, it now prohibits state agencies from denying reproductive health care or restricting parental authority without due process. Additionally, it emphasizes that education should be based on factual and historical accuracy, free from political bias. These changes are significant as they aim to protect personal freedoms and ensure that government actions are grounded in medical science and facts, rather than ideology.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 503 Short Title:
503 Mar 24, 2025 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH50018-MC-127A Short Title:
Representative Reives.
Representatives Reives, Alston, Prather, and Cohn (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT THE DON'T TREAD ON ME:
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT THE DON'T TREAD ON ME:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following fundamental rights are recognized and may not be violated absent a compelling State interest coupled by means to achieve that interest that are narrowly tailored.
Notwithstanding anyother provision of law to the contrary, the following fundamental rights are recognized and may not be violated absent a compelling State interest coupled by means to achieve that interest that are narrowly tailored.
In addition, no agency of the State or political subdivision of the State may *DRH50018-MC-127A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 make determinations with respect to government benefits, employment, or services if such information is displayed or known.
*H503-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 In addition, no agency of the State or political subdivision of the State may make determinations with respect to government benefits, employment, or services if such information is displayed or known.
(4) Noagency oftheStateorpolitical subdivisionoftheStatemaydeny orrestrict reproductive health care, contraception, or any other medical treatment based on ideology rather than medical science.
(4) NoagencyoftheStateorpolitical subdivisionoftheStatemaydenyorrestrict reproductive health care, contraception, or any other medical treatment based on ideology rather than medical science.
Page 2 DRH50018-MC-127A
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  3. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 44 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (44)

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

civil-rights education health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 503?
HB 503 is sponsored by Carolyn G. Logan (Democratic), Brandon Lofton (Democratic), Ya Liu (Democratic), Abe Jones (Democratic), Monika Johnson-Hostler (Democratic), B. Ray Jeffers (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Julia Greenfield (Democratic), Aisha O. Dew (Democratic), Allison A. Dahle (Democratic), Carla D. Cunningham (U), Sarah Crawford (Democratic), Mike Colvin (Democratic), Tracy Clark (Democratic), Maria Cervania (Democratic), Becky Carney (Democratic), Deb Butler (Democratic), Laura Budd (Democratic), Allen Buansi (Democratic), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), Cynthia Ball (Democratic), Amber M. Baker (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), Bryan Cohn (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), Vernetta Alston (Democratic), Robert T. Reives, II (Democratic), Brian Turner (Democratic), Phil Rubin (Democratic), James Roberson (Democratic), Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic), Renée A. Price (Democratic), Dante Pittman (Democratic), Rodney D. Pierce (Democratic), Marcia Morey (Democratic), Nasif Majeed (U), Jordan Lopez (Democratic), Tim Longest (Democratic), Charles Smith (Democratic), Julie von Haefen (Democratic), Cecil Brockman (Democratic), Beth Helfrich (Democratic), and Neal Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 503?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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