As of March 19, Ballotpedia has tracked 19 election-related bills in the North Carolina House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 19, Ballotpedia tracked four from March 13-19. Democrats sponsored three, while Republicans sponsored one. The four bills are:
- NC H362: Fix Our Democracy, Reps. John Ager (D), Vernetta Alston (D), Cynthia Ball (D), Mary Belk (D), Cecil Brockman (D), Terry Brown (D), Gloristine Brown (D), Kanika Brown (D), Allen Buansi (D), Laura Budd (D), Ashton Clemmons (D), Sarah Crawford (D), Rosa Gill (D), Julie Von Haefen (D), Zack Hawkins (D), Frances Jackson (D), Carolyn Logan (D), Marvin Lucas (D), Nasif Majeed (D), Lindsey Prather (D), Renee Price (D), Amos Quick (D), James Roberson (D), and Shelly Willingham (D).
- NC H376: Little Federal Model NC Edition, Reps. Jay Adams (R), Celeste Cairns (R), Karl Gillespie (R), Keith Kidwell (R), Larry Potts (R), Carson Smith (R), John Sossamon (R), and William Ward (R).
- NC H229: Stagger/Extend Terms of Town Officers/Halifax, Rep. Michael Wray (D).
- NC H372: Safeguard Fair Elections Act, Reps. John Ager (D), Vernetta Alston (D), Cynthia Ball (D), Mary Belk (D), Kanika Brown (D), Becky Carney (D), Maria Cervania (D), Sarah Crawford (D), Allison Dahle (D), Rosa Gill (D), Julie Von Haefen (D), Pricey Harrison (D), Zack Hawkins (D), Ya Liu (D), Carolyn Logan (D), Marvin Lucas (D), Nasif Majeed (D), Marcia Morey (D), Renee Price (D), Amos Quick (D), James Roberson (D), and Caleb Rudow (D).
During the week of March 13-19, Ballotpedia tracked 92 House election-related bills nationally. As of March 19, Ballotpedia has tracked 1,059 House bills nationally. Ballotpedia tracked the most House bills this year in the New York State Assembly with 138, while Ballotpedia tracked the fewest House bills in the Massachusetts House of Representatives with zero. Republicans sponsored 491 of these bills, while Democrats sponsored 430. Third party sponsorship and bills with no sponsors accounted for 74 bills, while bipartisan legislators sponsored 64.
As of March 19, Ballotpedia has tracked 561 House bills in Democratic trifectas and 392 House bills in Republican trifectas. A trifecta is when one political party holds the governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Ballotpedia has tracked 106 House bills in states where neither party holds trifecta control.
The North Carolina House is scheduled to be in session from Jan. 11 to Aug. 31 this year. In 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 17 House bills related to election administration. One of these bills passed both chambers, but it was not enacted into law. North Carolina is a divided government, meaning neither party holds trifecta control.
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