North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Passed House 29 R cosponsors

HB 42 — Back the Blue Pay Act.

Last action — Withdrawn From Com

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 29 sponsors

    3 primary, 26 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (29 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

57 added · 57 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of House Bill 42 includes a specific mention of enhancements for sentences related to burglary when a person possesses a firearm during the crime. This change clarifies that individuals caught breaking into homes with a firearm will face a harsher penalty—one class higher than their original felony. This matters because it strengthens the law to deter armed burglaries, aiming to increase safety by imposing stricter consequences on offenders who use deadly weapons in the act.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 42 Committee Substitute Favorable 2/25/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 42 Short Title:
Representatives Balkcom, Carson Smith, Miller, and Pyrtle (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
February 5, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REVISE THE OFFENSES OF FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY AND TO ENHANCE THE PUNISHMENT IMPOSED FOR CERTAIN BURGLARY AND BREAKING OR ENTERING OFFENSES COMMITTED BY A PERSON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPON.
Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House February 5, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REVISE THE OFFENSES OF FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY AND TO ENHANCE THE PUNISHMENT IMPOSED FOR CERTAIN BURGLARY AND BREAKING OR ENTERING OFFENSES COMMITTED BY A PERSON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPON.
For the purposes of defining the crime of burglary, larceny shall be deemed a felony without regard to the value of the property in question.
– Any person who shall break and enter the dwelling house or room used as a sleeping apartment of another with the intent to commit any felony or larceny therein and the property was not actually occupied at the time of the commission of the crime, it shall be burglary in the second degree." SECTION 2.
– Any person who shall break and enter the dwelling house or room used as a sleeping apartment of another with the intent to commit any felony or larceny therein and the property was not actually occupied as such at the time of the commission of the crime, it shall be burglary in the second degree.
(c) Definition.
– For the purposes of defining the crime of burglary, larceny shall be deemed a felony without regard to the value of the property in question." SECTION 2.
14-51, in addition to any other sentence enhancement required by law, the person shall be sentenced at a felony class level one class higher than the principal felony for which the person was convicted.
14-51, in addition to any other sentence enhancement required by law, the person shall be sentenced at a felony class level one *H42-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 class higher than the principal felony for which the person was convicted.
An indictment or *H42-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 information for the felony shall allege in that indictment or information the facts that qualify the offense for an enhancement under this subsection.
An indictment or information for the felony shall allege in that indictment or information the facts that qualify the offense for an enhancement under this subsection.
– If any person shall enter the dwelling house of another withintenttocommitanyfelonyorlarcenytherein, orbeinginsuchdwellinghouse,shallcommit any felony or larceny therein, and shall, in either case, break out of such dwelling house in the nighttime, house, such person shall be punished as a Class D felon.
– If any person shall enter the dwelling house of another withintenttocommitanyfelonyorlarcenytherein, orbeinginsuchdwellinghouse,shallcommit any felony or larceny therein, and shall, in either case, break out of such dwelling house in the nighttime, such person shall be punished as a Class D felon.
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Action History

  1. Withdrawn From Com

  2. Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  3. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  4. Com Substitute Adopted

  5. Placed on Today's Calendar

  6. Passed 2nd Reading

  7. Passed 3rd Reading

  8. Special Message Sent To House

  9. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  10. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  12. Regular Message Received From House

  13. Passed 1st Reading

  14. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  15. Passed 2nd Reading

  16. Passed 3rd Reading

  17. Reptd Fav

  18. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  19. Placed On Cal For 03/04/2025

  20. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  21. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  22. Passed 1st Reading

  23. Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  24. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 26 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (26)

Not signed on (150)

150 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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Votes

Second Reading

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 44000
U 2000
Unaffiliated 5001
Republican 63005
Total 114006
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
C. Smith — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Yea
Phil Rubin Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Not Voting
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Not Voting
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Paul Scott Republican Not Voting
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 28 Yea · 18 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25001
Unaffiliated 3401
Democratic 01401
Total 281803
% of votes cast 57%37%0%6%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Bode — Nay
Hunt — Nay
Marcus — Nay
Woodard — Nay
Proctor — Not Voting
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Nay
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Not Voting
Gale Adcock Democratic Nay
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Nay
Graig Meyer Democratic Nay
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Julie Mayfield Democratic Nay
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Nay
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Nay
Sydney Batch Democratic Nay
Val Applewhite Democratic Nay
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 42?
HB 42 is sponsored by Jeff Zenger (Republican), David Willis (Republican), Donna McDowell White (Republican), Diane Wheatley (Republican), Harry Warren (Republican), Bill Ward (Republican), Steve Tyson (Republican), Paul Scott (Republican), Larry W. Potts (Republican), Joseph Pike (Republican), Howard Penny, Jr. (Republican), Ben T. Moss, Jr. (Republican), Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), Donnie Loftis (Republican), Neal Jackson (Republican), Frank Iler (Republican), Dudley Greene (Republican), Blair Eddins (Republican), Todd Carver (Republican), Celeste C. Cairns (Republican), William D. Brisson (Republican), Jerry "Alan" Branson (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican), Jonathan L. Almond (Republican), A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. (Republican), Charles W. Miller (Republican), Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), Carson Smith (Republican), and Jake Johnson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 42?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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