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Voted yes on House Bill 694, a water bill that folds three river basins into the Cape Fear and Neuse basins and eases transfers. The House agreed 66-42 to the Senate version, and the governor signed it.

June 26, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on Senate Bill 472, a coastal bill that makes the state lose its say on water permits it misses deadlines on. The House voted 66-45 and the Senate agreed 30-15. The governor signed it.

June 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on House Bill 318, an immigration bill that makes jails check status and hold people up to 48 hours for federal agents. The House voted 72-48 to override, the Senate did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted no on House Bill 690, a bill to cut off state benefits, public housing and unemployment pay for people without legal status. The House voted 68-43. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 7, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted yes on House Bill 123, a bill to make knowingly destroying or falsifying a patient's medical record a crime. The House voted 88-24. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted Aye on House Bill 206, modifying gun retrieval in domestic-violence protective-order cases, on second reading in the North Carolina House.

April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes as the North Carolina House passed House Bill 28 by 111-7 on second reading in March 2025. The bill adds tougher penalties for felons barred from having guns who commit a new felony.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on House Bill 859, a bill to bar cities and counties from running guaranteed income programs. The House voted 69-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 7, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Primary-sponsored House Bill 810, the State Employee Bereavement Leave bill, during the 2025-2026 session.

April 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes on House Bill 38, a bill to bar credit card networks from coding stores as gun sellers or keeping gun owner lists. The House voted 77-38. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 29, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted Aye on House Bill 206, modifying gun retrieval in domestic-violence protective-order cases, on second reading in the North Carolina House.

April 2, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted yes as the North Carolina House passed House Bill 28 by 111-7 on second reading in March 2025. The bill adds tougher penalties for felons barred from having guns who commit a new felony.

March 18, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted no on Senate Bill 378, a bill to drop Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider. The House voted 61-47. The Senate refused to take up the bill the next day, so it is not law.

October 22, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted no on Senate Bill 249, which redrew U.S. House Districts 1 and 3 in eastern North Carolina. The House voted 66-48 and the Senate 26-20, and congressional maps are not sent to the governor, so it became law that day.

October 22, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Was a primary sponsor of a law setting how student and employee ID cards are approved as voter ID, adding an approval window for the 2020 elections, and easing early voting hour rules in odd-year elections (House Bill 646, Session Law 2019-22).

June 3, 2019Supports Election Integrity

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Voted yes on House Bill 38, a bill to bar credit card networks from coding stores as gun sellers or keeping gun owner lists. The House voted 77-38. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 29, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted no on Senate Bill 442, the Parents Protection Act, which bars abuse cases based on raising a child as their birth sex. The House voted 74-36 and the Senate agreed 28-19. The governor signed it.

June 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted no on House Bill 519, a bill to cut back the care a minor can agree to alone, keeping only pregnancy care. The House voted 68-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted no on House Bill 606, a bill letting people sue over gender transition care until 28 and barring state money for it in prisons. The House voted 69-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted no on House Bill 636, a bill to make every school system set up a parent and staff committee to review library materials. The House voted 63-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against a North Carolina bill limiting flags on state and local government property to US, state, local government, and military flags (House Bill 244). The House passed it 69-44.

April 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 7, 2026

Was a lead sponsor of a bill introduced March 18, 2025, proposing to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older, tax sales, and clear past marijuana convictions. The House sent it to the Rules Committee, where it stalled (NC House Bill 413).

March 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a bill proposing to legalize and regulate cannabis in North Carolina (House Bill 617). It was sent to the House Rules Committee in April 2021.

April 21, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 7, 2026

Voted no on House Bill 307, known as Iryna's Law, which ends release on a written promise and restarts executions. The House agreed 81-31 to the Senate version it had passed 28-8, and the governor signed it.

September 23, 2025

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Voted no on Senate Bill 266, an energy bill that erases the 2030 carbon cut goal and lets utilities raise rates for plants under construction. The House voted 74-46 to override, the Senate did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 805, which fixes one meaning of sex in state rules and bars state money for minors' gender transition care. The House voted 72-48 to override, the Senate did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 193, a gun bill that lets private school staff carry with permission and permit holders carry in some churches. The House voted 72-48 to override, the Senate did the same that day, and the bill became law.

July 29, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 768, which drops the firefighter radio system rule for some buildings and puts water permit reviews on a clock. The House agreed 67-44 to the Senate version passed 30-17, and the governor signed it.

June 24, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 568, a labor law bill that limits when state safety inspectors testify and eases workplace notice rules. The House agreed 72-42 to the Senate version passed 26-17, and the governor signed it.

June 17, 2025

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Voted no on Senate Bill 50, the Freedom to Carry Act, a bill letting citizens 18 and older carry a hidden handgun without a permit. The House voted 59-48 and the governor vetoed the bill. The Senate voted to override but the House never did, so it is not law.

June 11, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 781, a bill to bar cities and counties from letting people camp or sleep overnight on public land. The House voted 69-42. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 7, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 261, a bill to raise punishment for crimes committed with others to help gang activity. The House voted 84-29. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 30, 2025

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Was a primary sponsor of a bill changing how North Carolina counties set up and pay for service districts, including research and urban redevelopment districts (House Bill 823).

April 9, 2025

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Voted no on House Bill 58, which let Scotland County commissioners set the 2025-2026 school budget without a court fight. The House voted 59-52, and the bill became law.

March 26, 2025

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Was a primary sponsor of the law that legalized and taxed betting on sports and horse racing in North Carolina. It became law on June 14, 2023 (House Bill 347, Session Law 2023-42).

June 14, 2023

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 7, 2026

Primary-sponsored House Bill 620, creating a public-records exception for a street database and manual; the bill reached enrolled/session-law status.

July 22, 2019

Source: ncleg.gov · researched August 7, 2026