Paul Newton
Born
1968
Contact
Email · buck.newton@ncleg.gov
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20
Bills sponsored
this session · 29 all-time
60
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 109 all-time
5
Enacted into law
this session · 6 all-time
523
Recorded votes
89%
Vote participation
voted in 89% of 523 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
100%
based on 53 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 53 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
93%
based on 53 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
29 billsCurrent session 20 bills
- SB 648 Winter Sports Safety and Accidents. Signed
- SB 1076 Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory. Signed
- SB 992 Truth in Taxation. Passed
- SB 245 Expand Remote Drivers License Services. Signed
- SB 280 Dominique Moody Act. Passed
- SB 1057 Required Disclosures/Proxy Advisory Services. Passed
- SB 554 Farmers Protection Act. Passed
- SB 711 ROD Removal/Gov. Security Breach Notice Costs. In Committee
- SB 101 Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. and Living Donors. Passed
- SB 261 Energy Security and Affordability Act. Passed
- SB 664 JMAC/ABC/Other Revisions. Signed
- SB 429 2025 Public Safety Act. Signed
- SB 701 Bring Back Our Heroes. In Committee
- SB 117 GSC Uniform Comm. Code/Emerging Technologies. Passed
- SB 577 Title Insurance Kickbacks Clarification. In Committee
- SB 758 Water and Sewer Allocation Reforms. In Committee
- SB 703 Update 1987 Rates/Organs and Disfigurement. In Committee
- SB 670 Drones/Certain Vendor Purchases Prohibited. In Committee
- SB 310 Criminal Law Changes. Passed
- SB 61 I-95 Toll Prohibition. In Committee
Historical 9 bills
- SB 749 No Partisan Advantage in Elections. Signed
- SB 632 I-95 Toll Prohibition. Died
- SB 251 Civilian Traffic Investigators. Died
- SB 679 NC Public Finance Protection Act. Died
- SB 88 Various Elections Changes. Died
- SB 62 Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Died
- SB 369 Fair Access to Financial Services Act. Died
- SB 613 Sedimentation Buffer for Trout Waters. Died
- SB 89 Prohibit Private Money in Elections Admin. Died
Co-sponsored
109 billsCurrent session 60 bills
- SB 355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB Signed
- SB 1080 Lower Taxes for All NC. Signed
- SB 474 Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium. Signed
- SB 558 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed. Signed
- SB 1081 Constitutional Right to Farm. In Committee
- SB 1082 NC Right to Work Amendment. Passed
- SB 316 Lower Healthcare Costs. Passed
- SB 602 H'cane Helene Bldg Code Window Exemption. Passed
- SB 302 The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act. In Committee
- SB 320 LEO Special Separation Allowance Options. In Committee
- SB 259 School Psychologist Omnibus. In Committee
- SB 227 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education. Signed
- SB 153 North Carolina Border Protection Act. Signed
- SB 801 Address Confidentiality/Study and DL. Passed
- SB 280 Dominique Moody Act. Passed
- SB 1066 Alternative Bridge Funding Formula. In Committee
- SB 322 Utility Worker Protection Act. In Committee
- SB 228 Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill. In Committee
- SB 300 NC REACH Act. In Committee
- SB 797 Hands Free NC. In Committee
- SB 955 Permit Self-Defense Devices on College Campus. In Committee
- SB 870 Funds for Veterans/HBOT. In Committee
- SB 3 4th Senatorial District Local Act-1. In Committee
- SB 7 34th Senatorial District Local Act-1. In Committee
- SB 479 SCRIPT Act. Signed
Historical 49 bills
- SB 326 Firefighter Cancer Ins/Alt Crim Rec Check. Died
- SB 737 Address ESG Factors. Died
- SB 665 Add Homeschools to Opportunity Scholarship. Died
- SB 582 North Carolina Farm Act of 2023. Signed
- SB 193 Career Dev. Plans/Study Indiv. Grad. Plans. Died
- SB 364 Nondiscrim and Dignity in State Work. Signed
- SB 175 The SAVE Act. Died
- SB 90 Schools for the Deaf and Blind Transition. Died
- SB 366 Ban Delta-8 and Delta-9 on School Grounds. Died
- SB 697 Save the State's Coastal Resources. Died
- SB 343 Protect the Children in Private Schools. Died
- SB 263 Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School. Died
- SB 83 No High Risk Apps/Gov't Networks and Devices. Died
- SB 344 Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act. Died
- SB 551 Extend COVID Safe Harbor. Died
- SB 239 Reduce Barriers to State Employment. Died
- SB 228 Private Condemnation/Withdraw Deposit. Died
- SB 409 Various Changes to Criminal and Civil Laws. Signed
- SB 406 Choose Your School, Choose Your Future. Died
- SB 426 State Auditor/Access to Medical Board Records. Died
- SB 217 Real Property-Tenancy in Common Changes. Died
- SB 194 Student Borrowers' Bill of Rights. Died
- SB 381 Fire Invest'n Law/Backgrd. Check Revisions. Died
- SB 375 Health Care Freedom Act. Died
- SB 88 Various Elections Changes. Died
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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 |
Not Voting | pass | February 12, 2025 |
|
SB 24
Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs.
Amendment 2 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Career history 1 past role
- Upper chamber North Carolina District 4 Republican