Phil Berger
Born
1952
Contact
Email · phil.berger@ncleg.gov
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10
Bills sponsored
this session · 33 all-time
8
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 931 all-time
5
Enacted into law
this session · 15 all-time
12284
Recorded votes
96%
Vote participation
voted in 96% of 12284 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
100%
based on 616 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 616 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
97.8%
based on 616 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
33 billsCurrent session 10 bills
- SB 474 Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium. Signed
- SB 558 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed. Signed
- SB 320 LEO Special Separation Allowance Options. In Committee
- SB 227 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education. Signed
- SB 153 North Carolina Border Protection Act. Signed
- SB 889 Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium. Signed
- SB 754 School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative. Passed
- SB 851 America's Semiquincentennial License Plate. In Committee
- SB 261 Energy Security and Affordability Act. Passed
- SR 769 Honoring Elizabeth Hanford Dole. Passed
Historical 23 bills
- SB 920 Const. Ad. - Income Tax Rate Cap Modification. Died
- SB 651 Tax Relief For All. Died
- SB 387 Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021. Signed
- SB 729 Public Nondiscrimination Amendment. Died
- SB 399 Rehire High-Need Teachers. Signed
- SB 674 Surry Co./Mt. Airy/Elkin City/Bd. Ed Partisan. Signed
- SB 681 Agency Policy Directives/2019-2020. Signed
- SB 704 COVID-19 Recovery Act . Signed
- SB 169 Teaching Excellence Bonus Expansion. Signed
- SR 683 Honor Meggan Lee Callahan. Died
- SB 361 Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013. Died
- SJR 7 Honor Don East. Signed
- SR 885 UNC BOG Vacancy Election. Died
- SB 692 Workers' Compensation Act Amendments. Died
- SB 594 Firearms/State of Emergency. Died
- SJR 430 LRC/Study Uranium Mining Near Roanoke River . Died
- SB 795 Excellent Public Schools Act. Died
- SB 34 The Castle Doctrine. Died
- SR 791 Eden & Fayetteville/All-America City Honors. Died
- SB 509 Ban the Box/Public Employment. Died
- SB 315 Roadside Campaign Signs. Signed
- SB 16 Obtain Blood Sample/Implied-Consent Laws. Signed
- SB 397 Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor. Signed
Co-sponsored
931 billsCurrent session 8 bills
- SB 1080 Lower Taxes for All NC. Signed
- SB 1081 Constitutional Right to Farm. In Committee
- SB 1082 NC Right to Work Amendment. Passed
- SB 316 Lower Healthcare Costs. Passed
- SB 1074 Eden/Mills River/Guilford Art 46 Local Act. Signed
- SB 33 26th Senatorial District Local Act-1. In Committee
- SB 479 SCRIPT Act. Signed
- SB 50 Freedom to Carry NC. Signed
Historical 923 bills
- SB 406 Choose Your School, Choose Your Future. Died
- SB 84 26th Senatorial District Local Act-1. Died
- SB 631 Minor Gender Trans. Proc./Public Providers. Died
- SB 512 Greater Accountability for Boards/Commissions. Signed
- SR 736 Honor Marc Basnight, Former Member. Died
- SB 177 30th Senatorial District Local Act-1. Died
- SB 438 Excellent Public Schools Act of 2019. Vetoed
- SR 680 Observe the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Died
- SB 716 30th Senatorial District Local Act-1. Died
- SR 680 Honor Mark Binker, Former Capitol Reporter. Died
- SB 4 Repeal HB2. Died
- SB 213 26th Senatorial District Local Act-1. Died
- SB 305 NCEMPA Asset Sale. Signed
- SB 669 Reduce the Individual Income Tax Rate. Died
- SB 729 Coal Ash Management Act of 2014. Signed
- SJR 15 Honor Jean Preston. Signed
- SJR 35 Honor Ed Jones. Signed
- SB 429 Hunting Protection Act. Died
- SB 547 NC Human Trafficking Commission. Died
- SB 931 NC Businesses First/Small Business Funds. Died
- SB 664 Law Enforcement Officer Fairness Act. Died
- SB 331 Evaluate Efficacy of CABHA Model. Died
- SB 921 Study Grandparents' Rights/Child Custody. Died
- SB 386 Repeal G.S. 95-98. Died
- SB 57 Habitual Misdemeanor Larceny. Died
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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SB 693
Veteran Access, Liberty, Options for Recovery.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 493
Land Use Clarification and Changes.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 493
Land Use Clarification and Changes.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 400
Adult Protection Multidisciplinary Teams.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 310
Criminal Law Changes.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 229
College Sports Updates.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 402
Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
SB 402
Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
SB 248
Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
SB 754
School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2025 |
|
HJR 1007
Adjournment Resolution to Date Certain.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 17, 2025 |
|
SR 760
Confirm Lee Lilley, Sec. of Commerce.
Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | April 17, 2025 |
|
SB 190
Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 15, 2025 |
|
SB 131
Temp. Local Sales Tax Changes/Buncombe Co.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | April 15, 2025 |
|
SB 335
Pharmacists/Test and Treat/Influenza and Strep.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2025 |
|
SB 335
Pharmacists/Test and Treat/Influenza and Strep.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2025 |
|
SB 220
Protect Private Property Rights.-AB
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2025 |
|
SB 507
Auto Enrollment in Advanced ELA Courses.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 09, 2025 |
|
SB 205
Swimming Pools/Housing Regulatory Reform.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 08, 2025 |
|
SB 171
Pract. Transparency/Reagan's Law/Sam's Law.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 08, 2025 |
|
SR 260
Confirm Dr. Devdutta Sangvai/DHHS.
Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | April 03, 2025 |
|
SR 224
Gabriel Esparza/Secretary of DOA.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | April 03, 2025 |
|
SB 321
Accounting Workforce Development Act.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 03, 2025 |
|
SB 101
Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. and Living Donors.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | April 03, 2025 |
|
SB 316
Lower Healthcare Costs.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | March 27, 2025 |
|
SB 117
GSC Uniform Comm. Code/Emerging Technologies.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | March 27, 2025 |
|
SB 122
GSC Unif. Community Prop. Disp. at Death Act.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2025 |
|
SB 121
GSC Conveyances Between Spouses.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2025 |
|
HB 58
Various Local Elections.
Amendment 2 |
Yea | pass | March 20, 2025 |
|
HB 47
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | March 19, 2025 |
|
SR 225
Eddie Buffaloe/Secretary of DPS.
Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
SB 223
Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2025 |
|
SB 58
AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs.
Amendment 2 |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2025 |
|
SR 150
Confirm Joey Hopkins/Sec. of DOT.
Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
|
SR 150
Confirm Joey Hopkins/Sec. of DOT.
Amendment 1 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
|
SB 24
Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | February 12, 2025 |
|
SB 24
Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs.
Amendment 2 |
Nay | fail | February 12, 2025 |
|
HJR 1244
Adjournment Resolution.
Motion 11 Veto Override |
Yea | pass | December 02, 2024 |
|
SB 1092
2026 Senate and House Appointments.
Third Reading |
Yea | pass | December 02, 2024 |
|
HB 328
Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | November 20, 2024 |
|
SB 257
2026 Appropriations Act.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | November 20, 2024 |
|
SB 355
Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | November 20, 2024 |
|
HB 1220
Various Local Provisions IX.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | November 20, 2024 |
|
SB 801
Address Confidentiality/Study and DL.
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | October 24, 2024 |
|
SB 801
Address Confidentiality/Study and DL.
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | October 24, 2024 |
|
SB 1041
Public Workforce Modernization Act.
Second Reading |
Yea | pass | October 09, 2024 |
|
SB 1076
Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory.
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt |
Yea | pass | October 09, 2024 |
|
HB 332
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes.
Motion 11 Veto Override |
Yea | pass | September 09, 2024 |
|
HB 169
Haywood/Cherokee/Leland Occupancy Tax Modifications.
Motion 11 Veto Override |
Yea | pass | September 09, 2024 |
|
HJR 1241
Honor Louis Milford Pate Jr.
Motion 11 Veto Override |
Yea | pass | September 09, 2024 |