# North Carolina HB 4: Sam's Law.

North Carolina HB 4, Sam's Law., is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Brian Biggs (Republican), Celeste C. Cairns (Republican), Keith Kidwell (Republican) and 1 others; status passed house, last action 2025-05-07 (Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB4-2025
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: North Carolina HB 4
- State: North Carolina
- Session: 2025-2026 Session
- Title: Sam's Law.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-05-07, Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Sponsors: Brian Biggs (Republican), Celeste C. Cairns (Republican), Keith Kidwell (Republican), Erin Paré (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Subjects: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, APPROPRIATIONS, BOARDS, BUDGETING, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS, EDUCATION, EDUCATION BOARDS, EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, KINDERGARTEN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCCUPATIONS, PERSONNEL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (112 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brian Biggs (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Celeste C. Cairns (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Keith Kidwell (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Erin Paré (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jonathan L. Almond (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Amber M. Baker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Charles Smith (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Clampitt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Cohn (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tricia Ann Cotham (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian Echevarria (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dudley Greene (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pricey Harrison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ya Liu (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ben T. Moss, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Neal Jackson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Larry W. Potts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy Reeder, MD (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dennis Riddell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mitchell S. Setzer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Donna McDowell White (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Willis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeff Zenger (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-07 | House | HB 4: Sam's Law. | pass | 112 | 0 | 8 |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-05-07: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Passed 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Special Message Received From House (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Special Message Sent To Senate (House)
- 2025-05-07: Passed 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-05-07: Passed 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-05-06: Placed On Cal For 05/07/2025 (House)
- 2025-05-06: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b) (House)
- 2025-05-06: Reptd Fav (House)
- 2025-05-06: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-05-06: Withdrawn From Com (House)
- 2025-04-15: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (House)
- 2025-04-15: Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 (House)
- 2025-04-01: Re-ref Com On Health (House)
- 2025-04-01: Reptd Fav Com Substitute (House)
- 2025-04-01: Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added (House)
- 2025-04-01: Serial Referral To Appropriations Added (House)
- 2025-04-01: Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken (House)
- 2025-02-03: Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-02-03: Withdrawn From Com (House)
- 2025-01-30: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-01-30: Passed 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-29: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- Edition 1: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
- Edition 2: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
- Filed: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v0.pdf)
- Latest Edition: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 96: AN ACT TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY FOR THE EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (vetoed)
- HB 958: AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LAWS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS. (vetoed)
- HB 377: 2026 Court Changes. (vetoed)
- SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. (signed)
- HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. (signed)
- SB 403: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS. (passed house)

## Sources
- [Edition 1 (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
- [Edition 2 (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v0.pdf)
- [Latest Edition (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 96: AN ACT TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY FOR THE EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB96-2025)
- [HB 958: AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LAWS AND CAMPAIGN FIN…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB958-2025)
- [HB 377: 2026 Court Changes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB377-2025)
- [SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-SB445-2025)
- [HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB268-2025)
- [SB 403: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENT…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-SB403-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB4-2025 (as of 2026-11-01).