Faithful Article V Commissioner Act.
House Bill 214, known as the "Faithful Article V Commissioner Act," creates rules for North Carolina's participation in a convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It outlines how commissioners and alternates are to be selected by the General Assembly, their qualifications, and their ethical obligations. The bill strictly defines the scope of authority for these commissioners, limiting them to the specific issues outlined in their commission and the convention's call. Commissioners must take an oath to abide by these limits, and exceeding their defined authority is deemed a Class I felony.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Last action May 8, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill underwent formatting and structural reorganization, with the header information updated to reflect a more complete list of sponsors and a revised bill number. The substantive content of the bill's provisions regarding Article V commissioner qualifications and selection processes remained unchanged in this version.
TECHNICAL
Header information was updated to include additional sponsors (Bell, Loftis, and Echevarria) and changed the bill reference from DRH40134-MC-12 to H214-v-1.
The bill's line numbering and section ordering were reorganized, with definitions of 'Committee' and 'Convention for proposing amendments' renumbered from (4) and (5) to (3) and (4) respectively.
The original filing date of February 25, 2025 was removed from the header.
A reference to the North Carolina General Assembly website was added for a complete list of sponsors.
Floor votes · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
63–52
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 121
May 7, 2025
D
Democratic46
93% Nay
I
Independent2
100% Nay
R
Republican73
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 8, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
May 6, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Riddell
RRepublican
P
Donnie Loftis
RRepublican
P
John Bell
RRepublican
Co
Alan Branson
RRepublican
Co
Bill Ward
RRepublican
Co
Brian Echevarria
RRepublican
Co
Celeste Cairns
RRepublican
Co
Diane Wheatley
RRepublican
Co
Donna White
RRepublican
Co
Heather Rhyne
RRepublican
Co
Jake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Jeff McNeely
RRepublican
Co
Jennifer Balkcom
RRepublican
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