North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 9 R · 4 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 562 — Budget Technical Corrections Modifications.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 8/11/2026

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 27, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

Odds of enactment

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

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Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 15 sponsors

    3 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (9 R · 4 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill makes technical corrections to the budget.

This legislation makes various corrections and modifications to the budget. These corrections ensure that the budget reflects accurate information and addresses any errors present.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

62 added · 255 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the revised version of the bill, HB 562, the definition of "Qualified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional (QSAPP)" has been expanded to allow for supervised experience in substance abuse prevention that can be completed before obtaining a bachelor's degree. Additionally, the responsibility for implementing this expanded definition has been assigned to the Commission, which is now required to adopt related rules more efficiently. These changes are significant because they aim to broaden access to qualifications in the behavioral health workforce, potentially increasing the number of trained professionals available to address substance abuse issues in the community.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 562 Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee Substitute Adopted 9/22/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 562 Short Title:
Healthcare Investment Act.
Com.
Coll.
Behav.
Health Workforce Enhan.
Act.
Representatives Campbell, Huneycutt, Lambeth, and Potts (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
March 31, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACT TOADJUST MEDICAID FUNDINGTOACCOUNTFOR PROJECTEDCHANGES AND MAKE OTHER REVISIONS TO LAWS GOVERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;
Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 31, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO DIRECT THE COMMISSION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES TO ENGAGE IN RULEMAKING TO AMEND THE STAFF DEFINITIONS FOR CERTAIN QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE UNC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND NC CARE INITIATIVE HEALTH CLINICS;
AND TO REDUCE FUNDING APPROPRIATED TO THE FUTURE BUILDING RESERVES AND THE STATE CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
PART I.
SECTION 1.(a) Definitions.
MEDICAID REBASE AND OTHER DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REVISIONS MEDICAID REBASE AND MANAGED CARE ADMINISTRATION SECTION 1.1.
– For the purposes of this act, the following definitions apply:
Section 2B.10 of S.L.
(1) Associate Professional (AP).
2025-89 reads as rewritten:
– As defined in 10A NCAC 27G .0104(1).
"SECTION 2B.10.
(2) Commission.
SECTION 2B.10.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, the sum of six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) six hundred ninety million dollars ($690,000,000) in recurring funds and associated receipts for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
– Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
receipts, beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
(3) Qualified Professional.
These funds shall be used to adjust Medicaid funding to account for projected changes in enrollment, enrollment mix, service and capitation costs, and federal match rates, as well as the implementation of the Children and Families Specialty Plan in December 2025 or for contracts needed to operate the State's Medicaid managed care program.2025.
– As defined in 10A NCAC 27G .0104(21).
"SECTION 2B.10.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, the sum of forty-nine million two hundred thousand dollars ($49,200,000) in recurring funds and associated receipts, beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
(4) Qualified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional (QSAPP).
There is appropriated from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, the sum of thirty-four million four hundred thousand dollars ($34,400,000) in nonrecurring funds and associated receipts for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
– As defined in 10A NCAC 27G .0104(22).
These funds shall be used for contracts needed to operate the State's Medicaid managed care program." LME/MCO INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS SECTION 1.2.(a) The local management entities/managed care organizations (LME/MCOs) shall make intergovernmental transfers to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits (DHB), in an aggregate amount of eighteen million *H562-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 twenty-eight thousand two hundred seventeen dollars ($18,028,217) in the 2025-2026 fiscal year and in an aggregate amount of eighteen million twenty-eight thousand two hundred seventeen dollars ($18,028,217) for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
(5) Staff Definitions Rule.
The due date and frequency of the intergovernmental transfer required by this section shall be determined by DHB.
– 10A NCAC 27G .0104 (Staff Definitions).
The amount of the intergovernmental transfer that each individual LME/MCO is required to make in each fiscal year shall be as follows:
SECTION 1.(b) Staff Definitions Rule.
2025-2026 2026-2027 Alliance Behavioral Healthcare $4,508,857 $4,508,857 Partners Health Management $3,544,348 $3,544,348 Trillium Health Resources $6,448,693 $6,448,693 Vaya Health $3,526,319 $3,526,319 SECTION 1.2.(b) In the event that a county disengages from an LME/MCO and realigns with another LME/MCO during the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, DHB shall have the authority to reallocate the amount of the intergovernmental transfer that each affected LME/MCO is required to make under subsection (a) of this section, taking into consideration the change in catchment area and covered population, provided that the aggregate amount of the transfers received from all LME/MCOs in each year of the fiscal biennium is achieved.
– Until the effective date of the revised permanent rulethat theCommissionis requiredtoadopt pursuant to subsection(e)ofthis section, the Commission shall implement the Staff Definitions Rule as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
SINGLE-STREAM FUNDING REDUCTION SECTION 1.3.
SECTION 1.(c) Implementation.
Section 2B.5 of S.L.
– With respect to the definitions of "Associate Professional (AP)," "Qualified Professional," and "Qualified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional (QSAPP)," the Staff Definitions Ruleshall be implemented to provide the following new qualification for each term, in addition to current qualifications, for each definition, respectively:
2025-89 reads as rewritten:
(1) Associate Professional (AP).
"SECTION 2B.5.(a) The funds appropriated for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services (DMH/DD/SUS), for single-stream funding shall be reduced by eighteen million five hundred sixty-two thousand six hundred forty-five dollars ($18,562,645) thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in recurring funds.funds, beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
– May be a graduate of a community college with an associate degree in a human services field with less than two years of experience with the population served.
"SECTION 2B.5.(b) During each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, each LME/MCO shall offer at least the same level of service utilization as during the 2024-2025 fiscal year across the LME/MCO's catchment area.
(2) Qualified Professional.
This requirement shall not be construed to require LME/MCOs to authorize or maintain the same level of services for any specific individual whose services were paid for with single-stream funding.
– May be a graduate of a community college with an associate degree in a human services field and has two years of full-time or pre- or post-associate degree accumulated supervised mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services experience with the population served.
Further, this requirement shall not be construed to create a private right of action for any person or entity against the State of North Carolina or the Department of Health and Human Services or anyof its divisions, agents, or contractors and shall not be used as authority in any contested case brought pursuant to Chapter 108C or 108D of the General Statutes." USE OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS SECTION 1.4.(a) The following definitions apply in this section:
(3) Qualified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional (QSAPP).
(1) DMH/DD/SUS.
– May be a graduate of a community college with an associate degree in the human *H562-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 services field and has two years of full-time or pre- or post-associate degree accumulated supervised experience in addictions and recovery prevention.
– The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services.
SECTION 1.(d) Additional Implementation.
(2) Opioid Abatement Fund.
– With respect to the definition of "Qualified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional (QSAPP)," the Staff Definitions Rule shall be implemented to provide for accumulated supervised experience in substance abuse prevention prior to the completion of a bachelor's degree to qualify for each pathway under 10A NCAC 27G .0104(22)a.
– The Fund created by Section 9F.1 of S.L.
through d.
2021-180, as amended by Section 9F.1 of S.L.
SECTION 1.(e) Additional Rulemaking Authority.
2022-74.
– The Commission shall adopt a rule to amend the Staff Definitions Rule consistent with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(3) Opioid Abatement Reserve.
Notwithstanding G.S.
– The Reserve created by Section 9F.1 of S.L.
150B-19(4), the rule adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section shall be substantively identical to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
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2021-180, as amended by Section 9F.1 of S.L.
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are not subject to Part 3 of Article 2A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
2022-74.
Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall become effective as provided in G.S.
SECTION 1.4.(b) The funds appropriated from the General Fund to the DMH/DD/SUS for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, for Single Stream Funding, are reduced by the sum of fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in recurring funds.
150B-21.3(b1), as though 10 or more written objections had been received as provided in G.S.
SECTION 1.4.(c) The Prescription Digital Therapeutics Pilot Program authorized by Section 9F.2 of S.L.
150B-21.3(b2).
2022-74 is repealed.
SECTION 1.(f) Conforming Rule Changes.
SECTION 1.4.(d) The State Controller shall transfer the sum of one million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,850,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year Page 2 House Bill 562-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 from funds available in the Opioid Abatement Fund (as a result of the repeal of the Prescription Digital Therapeutics Pilot Program authorized by subsection (c) of this section) to the Opioid Abatement Reserve.
– The Commission shall amend any additional rules under Subchapter 27G of Title 10A of the North Carolina Administrative Code prior to submission to the Rules Review Commission, necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 1.4.(e) The State Controller shall transfer the sum of fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium from funds available in the Opioid Abatement Reserve to the DMH/DD/SUS.
SECTION 1.(g) Sunset.
The DMH/DD/SUS shall use these funds to offset the reduction in Single Stream Funding authorized by subsection (b) of this section.
– This section expires when permanent rules adopted as required by subsection (d) of this section become effective.
The funds transferred pursuant to this section are appropriated for the fiscal year in which they are transferred.
SECTION 2.
DHHS MANDATORY VACANT POSITION ELIMINATIONS SECTION 1.5.(a) By January 1, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services shall eliminate vacant positions to achieve net General Fund savings in the amount of thirty-three million nine hundred eighty-six thousand five hundred thirty dollars ($33,986,530) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
This act is effective when it becomes law.
SECTION 1.5.(b) To achieve the net General Fund savings required by subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Health and Human Services shall do one of the following:
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(1) Adhere to the following schedule that sets forth the budgeted reduction to be achieved by each division through vacant position eliminations:
FY 2025-2026 FY 2026-2027 Division of Aging $31,474 $31,474 Division of Central Management and Support 2,994,532 2,994,532 Division of Child and Family Well-Being 1,419,611 1,419,611 Division of Child Development and Early Education 104,617 104,617 Division of Employment and Independence for 519,409 519,409 People with Disabilities Division of Health Benefits 559,586 559,586 Division of Health Service Regulation 1,431,785 1,431,785 Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities 23,663,030 23,663,030 and Substance Use Services and Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities Division of Public Health 2,028,867 2,028,867 Division of Services for the Blind and Division of 191,286 191,286 Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Division of Social Services 1,042,333 1,042,333 (2) Adjust the amount of the budgeted reduction for vacant position eliminations specified in the schedule set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection for one or more divisions as long as the adjustment allows the Department of Health and Human Services to achieve the net General Fund savings required by subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 1.5.(c) The Department of Health and Human Services shall report to the Fiscal Research Division byApril 1 of each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium on the actions taken in each division to achieve the budgeted reduction for vacant position eliminations for that fiscal year.
The report shall include a list of each position eliminated, broken down by division, and for each position the following information:
(1) Position number.
(2) Title.
(3) The amount of salary and fringe benefits associated with the position.
House Bill 562-Second Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 1.5.(d) The funds appropriated from the General Fund for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services are reduced by the sum of thirty-three million nine hundred eighty-six thousand five hundred thirty dollars ($33,986,530) in recurring funds.
6 WHOLE CHILD HEALTH SECTION REDUCTION SECTION 1.6.
The funds appropriated from the General Fund for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child and Family Well-Being, for the Whole Child Health Section, are reduced by the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in recurring funds.
MEDICAL EYE CARE PROGRAM REDUCTION SECTION 1.7.
The funds appropriated from the General Fund for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Services for the Blind, for the Medical Eye Care Program, are reduced bythe sum of one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) in recurring funds.
ESTABLISH PLAN FOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE COST-SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY MEASURES SECTION 1.8.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is directed to develop a plan for improved health outcomes, program integrity, cost-savings, and efficiency measures in the Medicaid program.
In developing this plan, DHHS shall consult with relevant stakeholders.
The plan shall include all of the following:
(1) Reduction of DHHS administrative expenses.
(2) Flexibilities for prepaid health plans, as defined in G.S.
108D-1, to manage service utilization and costs and align claims operations with national standards and best practices.
(3) Improved alignment of prepaid health plan contract incentives and prepaid health plan cost containment efforts through full risk-sharing, value-based arrangements, and appropriate oversight of delegated care management entities.
(4) Implementation of the plan no later than April 1, 2026.
SECTION 1.8.(b) No later than November 11, 2025, DHHS shall submit a report on the plan for cost-savings and efficiency measures, as required in subsection (a) of this section, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and the Fiscal Research Division.
DHHS shall provide monthly updates on implementation of the plan and further updates upon request of the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid.
MEDICAID REDETERMINATIONS SECTION 1.9.(a) The Office of the State Auditor shall examine the Medicaid eligibility redetermination efforts of all county departments of social services in the State, including the number of redeterminations conducted, the number of staff assigned to redeterminations, and the number of vacancies in the office.
SECTION 1.9.(b) The Office of the State Auditor shall conduct a performance audit of a sample of county departments of social services modeled after the audit required by Section 11.5 of S.L.
2015-7.
SECTION 1.9.(c) No later than April 1, 2026, the Office of the State Auditor shall report the findings of the examination required in subsection (a) of this section and the results of the performance audit required in subsection (b) of this section to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and the Fiscal Research Division.
Page 4 House Bill 562-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 1.9.(d) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits (DHB), the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in nonrecurring funds and associated receipts to be transferred to the Office of the State Auditor to be used for the examination and audit required by this section.
SECTION 1.9.(e) Subsection (d) of this section is retroactively effective July 1, 2025.
The remainder of this section is effective when it becomes law.
8 PART II.
CAPITAL FUNDING REVISIONS FUTURE BUILDING RESERVES SECTION 2.1.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the funds appropriated for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to Future Building Reserves for the building and operating expenses of State agencies are reduced by the sum of forty-two million two hundred six thousand nine hundred nine dollars ($42,206,909) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING SECTION 2.2.(a) There is appropriated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of two hundred eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($208,500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be allocated to (i) project code UNC/BOG23-1 in the sum of one hundred five million dollars ($105,000,000) and (ii) project code UNC/BOG23-3 in the sum of one hundred three million five hundred thousand dollars ($103,500,000).
SECTION 2.2.(b) There is transferred from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund, established in Section 1.3(a) of S.L.
2023-7, to the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund the sum oftwo hundred eight million fivehundredthousanddollars($208,500,000) in nonrecurringfunds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE EFFECT OF HEADINGS SECTION 3.1.
The headings to the Parts and sections of this act are a convenience to the reader and are for reference only.
The headings do not expand, limit, or define the text of this act.
CONSTRUCTION SECTION 3.2.
Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, any legislation enacted during the 2025 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act shall remain in effect.
STATE BUDGET ACT APPLICABILITY SECTION 3.3.
If any provision of this act and G.S.
143C-5-4 are in conflict, the provisions of this act shall prevail.
The appropriations and the authorizations to allocate and spend funds which are set out in this act shall remain in effect until the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the applicable fiscal year becomes law, at which time that act shall become effective and shall govern appropriations and expenditures.
When the Current Operations Appropriations Act for that fiscal year becomes law, the Director of the Budget shall adjust allotments to give effect to that act from July 1 of the fiscal year.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE House Bill 562-Second Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.4.
If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end, the provisions of this act are severable.
EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 3.5.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective retroactively to July 1, 2025.
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The bill revises funding levels and management procedures for the Medicaid program in North Carolina, impacting various appropriations and operational structures.

  • G.S. 108D-1

    Prepaid health plans, as defined in G.S. 108D-1, to manage service utilization and costs and align claims operations with national standards and best practices.

    The bill clarifies that prepaid health plans will have flexibilities to manage service utilization and costs effectively.

Action History

  1. Conf Com Appointed

  2. Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken

  3. Withdrawn From Com

  4. Added to Calendar

  5. Failed Concur In S Com Sub

  6. Withdrawn From Com

  7. Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  8. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  9. Com Substitute Adopted

  10. Placed on Today's Calendar

  11. Amend Tabled A1

  12. Passed 2nd Reading

  13. Passed 3rd Reading

  14. Special Message Sent To House

  15. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  16. Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  17. Withdrawn From Com

  18. Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  19. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  20. Regular Message Received From House

  21. Passed 1st Reading

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

  23. Passed 2nd Reading

  24. Passed 3rd Reading

  25. Reptd Fav

  26. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  27. Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025

  28. Reptd Fav

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

  30. Passed 1st Reading

  31. Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  32. Filed

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Passed 99 Yea · 11 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 321101
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 59008
Total 981109
% of votes cast 83%9%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Campbell — Yea
JohnLowery — Yea
Reeder — Yea
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Nay
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 Nay
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Nay
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Not Voting
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Yea
Phil Rubin Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
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
Anna Ferguson Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
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
Dan Kiger 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 Yea
Harry Warren Republican Not Voting
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell 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 Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Not Voting
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Not Voting
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow 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
Stephen M. Ross Republican Not Voting
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Not Voting
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea

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Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt

Passed 34 Yea · 3 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 8309
Republican 26004
Total 343013
% of votes cast 68%6%0%26%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Not Voting
Dan Blue Democratic Not Voting
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Not Voting
Gale Adcock Democratic Not Voting
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Haseeb Fatmi Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Jonah Garson Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Not Voting
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Not Voting
Sydney Batch Democratic Not Voting
Val Applewhite Democratic Yea
Woodson Bradley Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Not Voting
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Not Voting
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Mark Hollo 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
Todd Johnson Republican Not Voting
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Amendment 1 Motion 1 To Table

Passed 28 Yea · 19 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 28002
Democratic 01901
Total 281903
% of votes cast 56%38%0%6%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Nay
Dan Blue Democratic Nay
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Nay
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
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Nay
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Nay
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Not Voting
Sydney Batch Democratic Nay
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Val Applewhite Democratic Nay
Woodson Bradley Democratic Nay
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Not Voting
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Not Voting
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Mark Hollo 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 Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 103 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 32002
Unaffiliated 21005
U 2000
Republican 480010
Total 1030017
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Clemmons — Yea
Gill — Yea
Harris — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Rudow — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Wray — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
CarsonSmith — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Staton-Williams — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Elmore — Not Voting
Fontenot — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Not Voting
Abe Jones 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
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John 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
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Not Voting
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest 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 Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Not Voting
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Not Voting
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jake Johnson 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 Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Not Voting
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Not Voting
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Not Voting
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Not Voting
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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