# North Carolina General Assembly of 2015–16

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The North Carolina General Assembly of 2015–16 was the state legislature that was first convened in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 14, 2015, and concluded in December 2016. This was the 151st meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 4, 2014. Republicans controlled the Senate and Democrats controlled the House of Representatives.

## Legislation

The legislature passed 123 session laws during regular sessions. There were four additional sessions dealing with elections and redistricting in which six additional session laws were passed. One particularly controversial session law was Senate Bill 2 (North Carolina General Assembly, 2015 Session) that dealt with an anti-LGBT law and allowed magistrates, assistant registers of deeds, and deputy registers of deeds to recuse themselves from performing duties related to marriage ceremonies due to sincerely held religious objection.
Pat McCrory was the Governor of North Carolina and Dan Forest was Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and President of the Senate during these sessions of the general assembly. Both were Republicans.

## House of Representatives
### House leadership

House of Representatives officers :
| Position | Name | Party |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Paul Stam | Republican |
| Majority Leader | Mike Hager | Republican |
| Deputy Majority Leader | Marilyn Avila | Republican |
| Majority Whip | John R. Bell IV | Republican |
| Deputy Majority Whips | Dean Arp | Republican |
| Deputy Majority Whips | James L. Boles Jr. | Republican |
| Conference Chair | Charles Jeter | Republican |
| Joint Caucus Leader | Pat B. Hurley | Republican |
| Majority Freshman Leader | John A. Fraley | Republican |
| Majority Freshman Whip | John R. Bradford III | Republican |
| Deputy Minority Leader | Susan C. Fisher | Democratic |
| Secretary | Bobbie Richardson | Democratic |
| Executive Liaisons | Mickey Michaux | Democratic |
| Executive Liaisons | Michael H. Wray | Democratic |
| Democratic Conference Chairs | Grier Martin | Democratic |
| Democratic Conference Chairs | Garland E. Pierce | Democratic |
| Freshman Caucus Co-Chairs | Graig R. Meyer | Democratic |
| Freshman Caucus Co-Chairs | Robert T. Reives II | Democratic |

### Members of the House

The House of Representatives consisted of members representing the 120 districts established from population numbers in the 2010 census. The house members included 26 women, 22 African-Americans, and one Native American. There were 74 Republicans, 45 Democrats and one Independent Representatives from the 120 districts in North Carolina.
The following table lists the districts and representatives:
| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1st | Bob Steinburg | Republican | Edenton | Tyrrell, Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank (part), Perquimans, and Chowan |
| 2nd | Larry Yarborough | Republican | Roxboro | Person and Granville (part) |
| 3rd | Michael Speciale | Republican | New Bern | Pamlico, Beaufort (part), and Craven (part) |
| 4th | Jimmy Dixon | Republican | Warsaw | Duplin (part) and Wayne (part) |
| 5th | Howard Hunter III | Democratic | Ahoskie | Bertie, Hertford, Gates, and Pasquotank (part) |
| 6th | Paul Tine | Independent | Kitty Hawk | Dare, Hyde, Washington, and Beaufort (part) |
| 7th | Bobbie Richardson | Democratic | Louisburg | Nash (part) and Franklin (part) |
| 8th | Susan Martin | Republican | Wilson | Wilson (part) and Pitt (part) |
| 9th | Brian Brown | Republican | Greenville | Pitt (part) |
| 9th | Greg Murphy | Republican | Greenville | Pitt (part) |
| 10th | John Bell | Republican | Goldsboro | Wayne (part), Greene (part), Lenoir (part), and Craven (part) |
| 11th | Duane Hall | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 12th | George Graham | Democratic | Kinston | Greene (part), Lenoir (part), and Craven (part) |
| 13th | Pat McElraft | Republican | Emerald Isle | Carteret and Jones |
| 14th | George Cleveland | Republican | Jacksonville | Onslow (part) |
| 15th | Phil Shepard | Republican | Jacksonville | Onslow (part) |
| 16th | Chris Millis | Republican | Hampstead | Pender and Onslow (part) |
| 17th | Frank Iler | Republican | Oak Island | Brunswick (part) |
| 18th | Susi Hamilton | Democratic | Wilmington | Brunswick (part) and New Hanover (part) |
| 19th | Ted Davis Jr. | Republican | Wilmington | New Hanover (part) |
| 20th | Rick Catlin | Republican | Wilmington | New Hanover (part) |
| 20th | Holly Grange | Republican | Wilmington | New Hanover (part) |
| 21st | Larry Bell | Democratic | Clinton | Wayne (part), Sampson (part), and Duplin (part) |
| 22nd | William Brisson | Democratic | Dublin | Bladen (part), Sampson (part), and Johnston (part) |
| 23rd | Shelly Willingham | Democratic | Rocky Mount | Edgecombe and Martin |
| 24th | Jean Farmer-Butterfield | Democratic | Wilson | Wilson (part) and Pitt (part) |
| 25th | Jeff Collins | Republican | Rocky Mount | Nash (part) and Franklin (part) |
| 26th | Leo Daughtry | Republican | Smithfield | Johnston (part) |
| 27th | Michael Wray | Democratic | Gaston | Halifax and Northampton |
| 28th | James Langdon Jr. | Republican | Angier | Johnston (part) |
| 29th | Larry Hall | Democratic | Durham | Durham (part) |
| 30th | Paul Luebke | Democratic | Durham | Durham (part) |
| 30th | Philip Lehman | Democratic | Durham | Durham (part) |
| 31st | Mickey Michaux | Democratic | Durham | Durham (part) |
| 32nd | Nathan Baskerville | Democratic | Henderson | Warren, Vance, and Granville (part) |
| 33rd | Rosa Gill | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 34th | Grier Martin | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 35th | Chris Malone | Republican | Wake Forest | Wake (part) |
| 36th | Nelson Dollar | Republican | Cary | Wake (part) |
| 37th | Paul Stam | Republican | Apex | Wake (part) |
| 38th | Yvonne Lewis Holley | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 39th | Darren Jackson | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 40th | Marilyn Avila | Republican | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 41st | Gale Adcock | Democratic | Cary | Wake (part) |
| 42nd | Marvin Lucas | Democratic | Spring Lake | Cumberland (part) |
| 43rd | Elmer Floyd | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland (part) |
| 44th | Rick Glazier | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland (part) |
| 44th | Billy Richardson | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland (part) |
| 45th | John Szoka | Republican | Fayetteville | Cumberland (part) |
| 46th | Ken Waddell | Democratic | Chadbourn | Columbus, Robeson (part), and Bladen (part) |
| 47th | Charles Graham | Democratic | Lumberton | Robeson (part) |
| 48th | Garland Pierce | Democratic | Wagram | Robeson (part), Hoke (part), Scotland (part), and Richmond (part) |
| 49th | Gary Pendelton | Republican | Raleigh | Wake (part) |
| 50th | Graig Meyer | Democratic | Hillsborough | Durham (part) and Orange (part) |
| 51st | Brad Salmon | Democratic | Mamers | Harnett (part) and Lee (part) |
| 52nd | James Boles | Republican | Whispering Pines | Moore (part) |
| 53rd | David Lewis | Republican | Dunn | Harnett (part) |
| 54th | Robert Reives | Democratic | Sanford | Chatham and Lee (part) |
| 55th | Mark Brody | Republican | Monroe | Anson and Union (part) |
| 56th | Verla Insko | Democratic | Chapel Hill | Orange (part) |
| 57th | Pricey Harrison | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford (part) |
| 58th | Ralph Johnson | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford (part) |
| 58th | Chris Sgro | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford (part) |
| 59th | Jon Hardister | Republican | Greensboro | Guilford (part) |
| 60th | Cecil Brockman | Democratic | High Point | Guilford (part) |
| 61st | John Faircloth | Republican | High Point | Guilford (part) |
| 62nd | John Blust | Republican | Greensboro | Guilford (part) |
| 63rd | Stephen Ross | Republican | Burlington | Alamance (part) |
| 64th | Dennis Riddell | Republican | Snow Camp | Alamance (part) |
| 65th | Bert Jones | Republican | Reidsville | Caswell and Rockingham (part) |
| 66th | Ken Goodman | Democratic | Rockingham | Robeson (part), Hoke (part), Scotland (part), Richmond (part), and Montgomery (part) |
| 67th | Justin Burr | Republican | Albemarle | Stanly and Montgomery (part) |
| 68th | Craig Horn | Republican | Weddington | Union (part) |
| 69th | Dean Arp | Republican | Monroe | Union (part) |
| 70th | Pat Hurley | Republican | Asheboro | Randolph (part) |
| 71st | Evelyn Terry | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) |
| 72nd | Ed Hanes | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) |
| 73rd | Lee Zachary | Republican | Yadkinville | Yadkin, Wilkes (part), and Alexander |
| 74th | Debra Conrad | Republican | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) |
| 75th | Donny Lambeth | Republican | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) |
| 76th | Carl Ford | Republican | China Grove | Rowan (part) and Cabarrus (part) |
| 77th | Harry Warren | Republican | Salisbury | Rowan (part) |
| 78th | Allen McNeill | Republican | Asheboro | Randolph (part) and Moore (part) |
| 79th | Julia C. Howard | Republican | Mocksville | Davie and Forsyth (part) |
| 80th | Sam Watford | Republican | Thomasville | Davidson (part) |
| 81st | Rayne Brown | Republican | Lexington | Davidson (part) |
| 82nd | Larry Pittman | Republican | Concord | Cabarrus (part) |
| 83rd | Linda Johnson | Republican | Kannapolis | Cabarrus (part) |
| 84th | Rena Turner | Republican | Olin | Iredell (part) |
| 85th | Josh Dobson | Republican | Nebo | Avery, Mitchell, and McDowell |
| 86th | Hugh Blackwell | Republican | Valdese | Burke (part) |
| 87th | George Robinson | Republican | Lenoir | Caldwell |
| 88th | Rob Bryan | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 89th | Mitchell Setzer | Republican | Catawba | Catawba (part) |
| 90th | Sarah Stevens | Republican | Mount Airy | Surry and Wilkes (part) |
| 91st | Bryan Holloway | Republican | King | Stokes and Rockingham (part) |
| 91st | Kyle Hall | Republican | King | Stokes and Rockingham (part) |
| 92nd | Charles Jeter | Republican | Huntersville | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 92nd | Justin Moore | Republican | Huntersville | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 93rd | Jonathan Jordan | Republican | Jefferson | Ashe and Watauga |
| 94th | Jeffrey Elmore | Republican | North Wilkesboro | Alleghany and Wilkes (part) |
| 95th | John Fraley | Republican | Mooresville | Iredell (part) |
| 96th | Jay Adams | Republican | Hickory | Catawba (part) |
| 97th | Jason Saine | Republican | Lincolnton | Lincoln |
| 98th | John Bradford | Republican | Cornelius | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 99th | Rodney Moore | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 100th | Tricia Cotham | Democratic | Matthews | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 101st | Beverly Earle | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 102nd | Becky Carney | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 103rd | Bill Brawley | Republican | Matthews | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 104th | Dan Bishop | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 105th | Jacqueline Schaffer | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 105th | Scott Stone | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 106th | Carla Cunningham | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 107th | Kelly Alexander | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) |
| 108th | John Torbett | Republican | Stanley | Gaston (part) |
| 109th | Dana Bumgardner | Republican | Gastonia | Gaston (part) |
| 110th | Kelly Hastings | Republican | Cherryville | Gaston (part) and Cleveland (part) |
| 111th | Tim Moore | Republican | Kings Mountain | Cleveland (part) |
| 112th | Mike Hager | Republican | Rutherfordton | Rutherford and Burke (part) |
| 112th | David Rogers | Republican | Rutherfordton | Rutherford and Burke (part) |
| 113th | Chris Whitmire | Republican | Rosman | Polk, Henderson (part), and Transylvania |
| 114th | Susan Fisher | Democratic | Asheville | Buncombe (part) |
| 115th | John Ager | Democratic | Fairview | Buncombe (part) |
| 116th | Brian Turner | Democratic | Asheville | Buncombe (part) |
| 117th | Chuck McGrady | Republican | Hendersonville | Henderson (part) |
| 118th | Michele Presnell | Republican | Burnsville | Yancey, Madison, and Haywood (part) |
| 119th | Joe Sam Queen | Democratic | Waynesville | Haywood (part), Jackson, and Swain |
| 120th | Roger West | Republican | Marble | Graham, Cherokee, Clay, and Macon |

## Senate
### Senate leadership

North Carolina Senate officers :
| Position | Name | Party |
| President Pro Tempore | Phil Berger | Republican |
| Deputy President Pro Tempore | Louis M. Pate Jr. | Republican |
| Majority Leader | Harry Brown | Republican |
| Majority Whip | Jerry W. Tillman | Republican |
| Majority Caucus Leader | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. | Republican |
| Minority Whip | Terry Van Duyn | Democratic |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Ben Clark | Democratic |

### Members of the Senate

The Senate consisted of 50 members including 13 female, 11 African-American, 34 Republican, 16 Democrat, 10 new, and 40 returning senators. Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. was the most senior senator with 13 terms in the Senate.
| District | Senator | Party | Residence | Counties represented | First elected |
| 1st | Bill Cook | Republican | Chocowinity | Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 2012 |
| 2nd | Norman Sanderson | Republican | Minnesott Beach | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 2012 |
| 3rd | Erica Smith | Democratic | Henrico | Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Tyrrell, Washington | 2014 |
| 4th | Angela Bryant | Democratic | Rocky Mount | Halifax, Nash (part), Vance, Warren, Wilson (part) | 2013↑ |
| 5th | Don Davis | Democratic | Greenville | Greene, Lenoir (part), Pitt (part), Wayne (part) | 2012 |
| 6th | Harry Brown | Republican | Jacksonville | Jones, Onslow | 2004 |
| 7th | Louis M. Pate Jr. | Republican | Mount Olive | Lenoir (part), Pitt (part), Wayne (part) | 2012 |
| 8th | Bill Rabon | Republican | Winnabow | Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover (part), Pender | 2010 |
| 9th | Michael Lee | Republican | Wilmington | New Hanover (part) | 2014↑ |
| 10th | Brent Jackson | Republican | Autryville | Duplin, Johnston (part), Sampson | 2010 |
| 11th | Buck Newton | Republican | Wilson | Johnston (part), Nash (part), Wilson (part) | 2010 |
| 12th | Ronald Rabin | Republican | Spring Lake | Harnett, Johnston (part), Lee | 2012 |
| 13th | Jane Smith | Democratic | Lumberton | Columbus, Robeson | 2014 |
| 14th | Dan Blue | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) | 2009↑ |
| 15th | John Alexander | Republican | Raleigh | Wake (part) | 2014 |
| 16th | Josh Stein | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) | 2008 |
| 16th | Jay Chaudhuri | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake (part) | 2016↑ |
| 17th | Tamara Barringer | Republican | Cary | Wake (part) | 2012↑ |
| 18th | Chad Barefoot | Republican | Wake Forest | Franklin, Wake (part) | 2012 |
| 19th | Wesley Meredith | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland (part) | 2010 |
| 20th | Floyd McKissick Jr. | Democratic | Durham | Durham (part), Granville | 2007↑ |
| 21st | Ben Clark | Democratic | Raeford | Cumberland (part), Hoke | 2012 |
| 22nd | Mike Woodard | Democratic | Durham | Caswell, Durham (part), Person | 2012 |
| 23rd | Valerie Foushee | Democratic | Hillsborough | Chatham, Orange | 2013↑ |
| 24th | Rick Gunn | Republican | Burlington | Alamance, Randolph (part) | 2010 |
| 25th | Tom McInnis | Republican | Ellerbe | Anson, Richmond, Rowan (part), Scotland, Stanly | 2014 |
| 26th | Phil Berger | Republican | Eden | Guilford (part), Rockingham | 2000 |
| 27th | Trudy Wade | Republican | Jamestown | Guilford (part) | 2012 |
| 28th | Gladys Robinson | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford (part) | 2010 |
| 29th | Jerry Tillman | Republican | Archdale | Moore, Randolph (part) | 2002 |
| 30th | Shirley Randleman | Republican | Wilkesboro | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes | 2012 |
| 31st | Joyce Krawiec | Republican | Kernersville | Forsyth (part), Yadkin | 2014↑ |
| 32nd | Earline Parmon | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) | 2012 |
| 32nd | Paul Lowe Jr. | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth (part) | 2015↑ |
| 33rd | Stan Bingham | Republican | Denton | Davidson, Montgomery | 2000 |
| 34th | Andrew Brock | Republican | Mocksville | Davie, Iredell (part), Rowan (part) | 2002 |
| 35th | Tommy Tucker | Republican | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Union (part) | 2010 |
| 36th | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. | Republican | Concord | Cabarrus, Union (part) | 1990 |
| 37th | Jeff Jackson | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) | 2014↑ |
| 38th | Joel Ford | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) | 2012 |
| 39th | Bob Rucho | Republican | Matthews | Mecklenburg (part) | 2008↑ |
| 40th | Joyce Waddell | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg (part) | 2014 |
| 41st | Jeff Tarte | Republican | Cornelius | Mecklenburg (part) | 2012 |
| 42nd | Andy Wells | Republican | Hickory | Alexander, Catawba | 2014 |
| 43rd | Kathy Harrington | Republican | Gastonia | Gaston (part) | 2010 |
| 44th | David Curtis | Republican | Lincolnton | Gaston (part), Iredell (part), Lincoln | 2012 |
| 45th | Dan Soucek | Republican | Boone | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 2010 |
| 45th | Deanna Ballard | Republican | Blowing Rock | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 2016↑ |
| 46th | Warren Daniel | Republican | Morganton | Burke, Cleveland | 2010 |
| 47th | Ralph Hise | Republican | Spruce Pine | Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey | 2010 |
| 48th | Tom Apodaca | Republican | Hendersonville | Buncombe (part), Henderson, Transylvania | 2002 |
| 48th | Chuck Edwards | Republican | Flat Rock | Buncombe (part), Henderson, Transylvania | 2016↑ |
| 49th | Terry Van Duyn | Democratic | Asheville | Buncombe (part) | 2014↑ |
| 50th | Jim Davis | Republican | Franklin | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 2010 |
* ↑: Member was first appointed to office.