North Carolina General Assembly of 2023–24

156th North Carolina General Assembly 2023–24
156th North Carolina General Assembly 2023–24
	North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Meeting place	North Carolina State Legislative Building
Term	2023–24
Election	November 8, 2022
Website	www.ncleg.net
North Carolina Senate
Members	50 senators
President pro tempore of the Senate	Phil Berger
Majority Leader	Paul Newton
Minority Leader	Dan Blue
Party control	Republican Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members	120 representatives
Speaker of the House	Tim Moore
Majority Leader	John Bell
Minority Leader	Robert Reives
Party control	Republican Party

The North Carolina General Assembly 2023–24 session is the state legislature that first convened in January 2023 and will conclude in December 2024. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected in November 2022.

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives leadership and members are listed below.^[1]

House leadership

North Carolina House officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker Pro Tempore	Sarah Stevens	Republican
Majority Leader	John Bell	Republican
Deputy Majority Leader	Brenden Jones	Republican
Majority Whip	Jon Hardister	Republican
Deputy Majority Whips	Kristin Baker	Republican
	Karl Gillespie	Republican
	Jake Johnson	Republican
	Keith Kidwell	Republican
	Jeffrey McNeely	Republican
	Steve Tyson	Republican
Deputy Minority Leader	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic
Minority Whips	Terry Brown	Democratic
	Marcia Morey	Democratic
	Amos Quick	Democratic

House members

The following table shows the district, party, counties represented, and date first elected of members of the House of Representatives.^[2] The representatives were elected in new districts districts passed by the General Assembly in 2022 (House Bill 980 of the 2021–2022 session) to account for population changes following the 2020 census.^[3]

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1st	Ed Goodwin	Republican	Edenton	Currituck, Dare (part), Tyrrell, Washington, Chowan, Perquimans	2018
2nd	Ray Jeffers	Democratic	Roxboro	Person, Durham (part)	2022
3rd	Steve Tyson	Republican	New Bern	Craven (part)	2020
4th	Jimmy Dixon	Republican	Mount Olive	Duplin, Wayne (part)	2010
5th	Bill Ward	Republican	Elizabeth City	Hertford, Gates, Pasquotank, Camden	2022
6th	Joe Pike	Republican	Sanford	Harnett (part)	2022
7th	Matthew Winslow	Republican	Youngsville	Franklin, Granville (part)	2020
8th	Gloristine Brown	Democratic	Bethel	Pitt (part)	2022
9th	Tim Reeder	Republican	Ayden	Pitt (part)	2022
10th	John Bell	Republican	Goldsboro	Wayne (part)	2012
11th	Allison Dahle	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2018
12th	Chris Humphrey	Republican	La Grange	Greene, Lenoir, Jones	2018
13th	Celeste Cairns	Republican	Emerald Isle	Carteret, Craven (part)	2022
14th	George Cleveland	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow (part)	2004
15th	Phil Shepard	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow (part)	2010
16th	Carson Smith	Republican	Hampstead	Pender, Onslow (part)	2018
17th	Frank Iler	Republican	Shallotte	Brunswick (part)	2009↑
18th	Deb Butler	Democratic	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2017↑
19th	Charlie Miller	Republican	Southport	Brunswick (part), New Hanover (part)	2020
20th	Ted Davis Jr.	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2012↑
21st	Ya Liu	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2022
22nd	William Brisson	Republican	Dublin	Bladen, Sampson	2006
23rd	Shelly Willingham	Democratic	Rocky Mount	Edgecombe, Martin, Bertie	2014
24th	Ken Fontenot	Republican	Wilson	Wilson, Nash (part)	2022
25th	Allen Chesser	Republican	Middlesex	Nash (part)	2022
26th	Donna McDowell White	Republican	Clayton	Johnston (part)	2016
27th	Michael Wray	Democratic	Gaston	Warren, Halifax, Northampton	2004
28th	Larry Strickland	Republican	Pine Level	Johnston (part)	2016
29th	Vernetta Alston	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2020↑
30th	Marcia Morey	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2017↑
31st	Zack Forde-Hawkins	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2018
32nd	Frank Sossamon	Republican	Henderson	Vance, Granville (part)	2022
33rd	Rosa Gill	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2009↑
34th	Tim Longest	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2022
35th	Terence Everitt	Democratic	Wake Forest	Wake (part)	2018
36th	Julie von Haefen	Democratic	Apex	Wake (part)	2018
37th	Erin Paré	Republican	Holly Springs	Wake (part)	2020
38th	Abe Jones	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2020
39th	James Roberson	Democratic	Knightdale	Wake (part)	2021↑
40th	Joe John	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016
41st	Maria Cervania	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2022
42nd	Marvin Lucas	Democratic	Spring Lake	Cumberland (part)	2000
43rd	Diane Wheatley	Republican	Linden	Cumberland (part)	2020
44th	Charles Smith	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2022
45th	Frances Jackson	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2022
46th	Brenden Jones	Republican	Tabor City	Columbus, Robeson (part)	2016
47th	Jarrod Lowery	Republican	Pembroke	Robeson (part)	2022
48th	Garland Pierce	Democratic	Wagram	Hoke, Scotland	2004
49th	Cynthia Ball	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016
50th	Renee Price	Democratic	Hillsborough	Caswell, Orange (part)	2022
51st	John Sauls	Republican	Sanford	Lee, Moore (part)	2016
52nd	Ben Moss	Republican	Rockingham	Richmond, Moore (part)	2020
53rd	Howard Penny Jr.	Republican	Coats	Harnett (part), Johnston (part)	2020↑
54th	Robert Reives	Democratic	Goldston	Chatham, Randolph (part)	2014↑
55th	Mark Brody	Republican	Monroe	Anson, Union (part)	2012
56th	Allen Buansi	Democratic	Chapel Hill	Orange (part)	2022↑
57th	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2018
58th	Amos Quick	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2016
59th	Jon Hardister	Republican	Whitsett	Guilford (part)	2012
60th	Cecil Brockman	Democratic	High Point	Guilford (part)	2014
61st	Pricey Harrison	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2004
62nd	John Faircloth	Republican	High Point	Guilford (part)	2010
63rd	Stephen Ross	Republican	Burlington	Alamance (part)	2022 (2012–2020)
64th	Dennis Riddell	Republican	Snow Camp	Alamance (part)	2012
65th	Reece Pyrtle	Republican	Stoneville	Rockingham	2021
66th	Sarah Crawford	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2022
67th	Wayne Sasser	Republican	Albemarle	Stanly, Montgomery	2018
68th	David Willis	Republican	Waxhaw	Union (part)	2020
69th	Dean Arp	Republican	Monroe	Union (part)	2012
70th	Brian Biggs	Republican	Trinity	Randolph (part)	2022
71st	Kanika Brown	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2022
72nd	Amber Baker	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2020
73rd	Diamond Staton-Williams	Democratic	Harrisburg	Cabarrus (part)	2022
74th	Jeff Zenger	Republican	Lewisville	Forsyth (part)	2020
75th	Donny Lambeth	Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2012
76th	Harry Warren	Republican	Salisbury	Rowan (part)	2010
77th	Julia C. Howard	Republican	Mocksville	Yadkin, Davie, Rowan (part)	1988
78th	Neal Jackson	Republican	Robbins	Moore (part), Randolph (part)	2022
79th	Keith Kidwell	Republican	Chocowinity	Dare (part), Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico	2018
80th	Sam Watford	Republican	Thomasville	Davidson (part)	2020 (2014-2018)
81st	Larry Potts	Republican	Lexington	Davidson (part)	2016
82nd	Kristin Baker	Republican	Concord	Cabarrus (part)	2020↑
83rd	Kevin Crutchfield	Republican	Midland	Cabarrus (part), Rowan (part)	2022
84th	Jeffrey McNeely	Republican	Stony Point	Iredell (part)	2019↑
85th	Dudley Greene	Republican	Marion	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, McDowell (part)	2020
86th	Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Valdese	Burke	2008
87th	Destin Hall	Republican	Granite Falls	Caldwell, Watauga (part)	2016
88th	Mary Belk	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2016
89th	Mitchell Setzer	Republican	Catawba	Catawba (part), Iredell (part)	1998
90th	Sarah Stevens	Republican	Mount Airy	Surry, Wilkes (part)	2008
91st	Kyle Hall	Republican	King	Stokes, Forsyth (part)	2016
92nd	Terry Brown	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2020
93rd	Ray Pickett	Republican	Blowing Rock	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga (part)	2020
94th	Jeffrey Elmore	Republican	North Wilkesboro	Alexander, Wilkes (part)	2012
95th	Grey Mills	Republican	Mooresville	Iredell (part)	2020 (2008-2012)
96th	Jay Adams	Republican	Hickory	Catawba (part)	2014
97th	Jason Saine	Republican	Lincolnton	Lincoln	2011↑
98th	John Bradford	Republican	Cornelius	Mecklenburg (part)	2020 (2014-2018)
99th	Nasif Majeed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
100th	John Autry	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2016
101st	Carolyn Logan	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
102nd	Becky Carney	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2002
103rd	Laura Budd	Democratic	Matthews	Mecklenburg (part)	2022
104th	Brandon Lofton	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
105th	Wesley Harris	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
106th	Carla Cunningham	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2012
107th	Bobby Drakeford	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2024↑
108th	John Torbett	Republican	Stanley	Gaston (part)	2010
109th	Donnie Loftis	Republican	Gastonia	Gaston (part)	2021↑
110th	Kelly Hastings	Republican	Cherryville	Gaston (part), Cleveland (part)	2010
111th	Tim Moore	Republican	Kings Mountain	Cleveland (part), Rutherford (part)	2002
112th	Tricia Cotham	Republican	Mint Hill	Mecklenburg (part)	2022 (2007-2017)
113th	Jake Johnson	Republican	Saluda	Henderson (part), Polk, Rutherford (part), McDowell (part)	2019↑
114th	Eric Ager	Democratic	Fairview	Buncombe (part)	2022
115th	Lindsey Prather	Democratic	Enka	Buncombe (part)	2022
116th	Caleb Rudow	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe (part)	2022
117th	Jennifer Balkcom	Republican	Hendersonville	Henderson (part)	2022
118th	Mark Pless	Republican	Canton	Madison, Haywood	2020
119th	Mike Clampitt	Republican	Bryson City	Transylvania, Jackson, Swain	2020 (2016-2018)
120th	Karl Gillespie	Republican	Franklin	Macon, Graham, Cherokee, Clay	2020

Source: NC General Assembly official site

↑: Member was first appointed to office.
Cotham served as a Democrat before her defection on April 5, 2023.

Senate

The North Carolina Senate leadership and members are listed below.^[4]

Senate leadership

North Carolina Senate officers
Position	Name	Party
President Pro Tempore	Phil Berger	Republican
Deputy President Pro Tempore	Ralph Hise	Republican
Majority Leader	Paul Newton	Republican
Majority Whip	Tom McInnis	Republican
Majority Whip	Jim Perry	Republican
Joint Majority Caucus Leader	Carl Ford	Republican
Minority Whip	Jay Chaudhuri	Democratic
Minority Caucus Secretary	Julie Mayfield	Democratic

Members of the Senate

The district, party, home residence, counties represented, and date first elected is listed below for the members of the Senate..^[5] The representatives were elected in new districts passed by the General Assembly in 2022 (Senate Bill 744 of the 2021–2022 session) to account for population changes following the 2020 census.^[6]

District	Senator	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1st	Norman W. Sanderson	Republican	Minnesott Beach	Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Washington, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Carteret	2012
2nd	Jim Perry	Republican	Kinston	Lenoir, Craven, Beaufort	2019↑
3rd	Bobby Hanig	Republican	Powells Point	Warren, Northampton, Halifax, Martin, Bertie, Hertford, Gates, Camden, Currituck, Tyrrell	2022↑
4th	Buck Newton	Republican	Wilson	Wilson, Wayne, Greene	2022 (2010–2016)
5th	Kandie Smith	Democratic	Greenville	Edgecombe, Pitt	2022
6th	Michael Lazzara	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow	2020
7th	Michael Lee	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2020 (2014–2018)
8th	Bill Rabon	Republican	Southport	Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover (part)	2010
9th	Brent Jackson	Republican	Autryville	Bladen, Sampson (part), Pender, Duplin, Jones	2010
10th	Benton Sawrey	Republican	Clayton	Johnston	2022
11th	Lisa Stone Barnes	Republican	Spring Hope	Vance, Franklin, Nash	2020
12th	Jim Burgin	Republican	Angier	Lee, Harnett, Sampson (part)	2018
13th	Lisa Grafstein	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2022
14th	Dan Blue	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2009↑
15th	Jay Chaudhuri	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016↑
16th	Gale Adcock	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2022
17th	Sydney Batch	Democratic	Apex	Wake (part)	2021↑
18th	Mary Wills Bode	Democratic	Oxford	Granville, Wake (part)	2022
19th	Val Applewhite	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2022
20th	Natalie Murdock	Democratic	Durham	Chatham, Durham (part)	2020↑
21st	Tom McInnis	Republican	Pinehurst	Moore, Cumberland (part)	2014
22nd	Mike Woodard	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2012
23rd	Graig Meyer	Democratic	Hillsborough	Caswell, Person, Orange	2022
24th	Danny Britt	Republican	Lumberton	Hoke, Scotland, Robeson	2016
25th	Amy Galey	Republican	Burlington	Alamance, Randolph (part)	2020
26th	Phil Berger	Republican	Eden	Rockingham, Guilford (part)	2000
27th	Michael Garrett	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2018
28th	Gladys A. Robinson	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2010
29th	Dave Craven	Republican	Asheboro	Randolph (part), Montgomery, Richmond, Anson, Union (part)	2020↑
30th	Steve Jarvis	Republican	Lexington	Davie, Davidson	2020
31st	Joyce Krawiec	Republican	Kernersville	Stokes, Forsyth (part)	2014↑
32nd	Paul A. Lowe Jr.	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2015↑
33rd	Carl Ford	Republican	China Grove	Rowan, Stanly	2018
34th	Paul Newton	Republican	Mount Pleasant	Cabarrus (part)	2016
35th	Todd Johnson	Republican	Monroe	Cabarrus (part), Union (part)	2018
36th	Eddie Settle	Republican	Elkin	Alexander, Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin	2022
37th	Vickie Sawyer	Republican	Mooresville	Iredell, Mecklenburg (part)	2018↑
38th	Mujtaba Mohammed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
39th	DeAndrea Salvador	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2020
40th	Joyce Waddell	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2014
41st	Natasha Marcus	Democratic	Davidson	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
42nd	Rachel Hunt	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2022
43rd	Brad Overcash	Republican	Belmont	Gaston (part)	2022
44th	Ted Alexander	Republican	Shelby	Cleveland, Lincoln, Gaston (part)	2018
45th	Dean Proctor	Republican	Hickory	Catawba, Caldwell (part)	2020↑
46th	Warren Daniel	Republican	Morganton	Burke, McDowell, Buncombe (part)	2010
47th	Ralph Hise	Republican	Spruce Pine	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Caldwell (part), Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Haywood (part)	2010
48th	Tim Moffitt	Republican	Hendersonville	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	2022
49th	Julie Mayfield	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe (part)	2020
50th	Kevin Corbin	Republican	Franklin	Haywood (part), Transylvania, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Cherokee, Clay	2020

↑: Member was originally appointed to fill the remainder of an unexpired term.

Senate legislative activity

The North Carolina Senate in May 2024, in a 30–15 vote, approved a bill banning all public wearing of masks for health reasons; the bill was only supported by Senate Republicans and only opposed by Senate Democrats.^[7]

Notes

References

^ "North Carolina House Leadership 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
^ "North Carolina Representatives 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
^ "S.L. 2022-4 House". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "North Carolina Senate Leadership 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
^ "North Carolina Senators 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
^ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
^ Doran, Will (May 16, 2024). "NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons". wral.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "North Carolina House Leadership 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[2] "North Carolina Representatives 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[3] "S.L. 2022-4 House". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[4] "North Carolina Senate Leadership 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[5] "North Carolina Senators 2023–2024 Session". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[6] "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved February 23, 2022.

[7] Doran, Will (May 16, 2024). "NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons". wral.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

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Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General
Conventions	Hillsborough Convention of 1788, Fayetteville Convention of 1789
Provincial Congresses and Constitution	North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), Constitution of North Carolina (1776, 1835 Convention, 1861 Convention, 1868 redraft, 1875 Convention, Constitution of 1971)
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate.