North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H478: Modify Appointment Process for DA Vacancies.
Status: Introduced, June 10, 2025
What the bill says
An act to modify the appointment process to fill district attorney vacancies.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO FILL DISTRICT ATTORNEY VACANCIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 163-10 reads as rewritten: "§ 163-10. Filling vacancy in office of district attorney. (a) Any vacancy The Governor shall appoint persons to fill vacancies occurring in the office of district attorney for causes other than expiration of term shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. term from a list of up to three qualified persons recommended by the district executive committee of the political party in which the vacancy occurs. These recommended persons shall each be members of the political party with which the vacating district attorney was affiliated when elected or appointed. If the vacating district attorney was not affiliated with a political party at the time of the district attorney's election or appointment, these recommended persons shall be qualified persons recommended by a majority of the members of the General Assembly representing any portion of the prosecutorial district of the vacating district attorney. (b) If recommendations required by subsection (a) of this section are not made within days of the occurrence of the vacancy, the Governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. (c) An appointee under this section shall hold his the appointee's place until the next …
Sponsors
- Jennifer Balkcom (R, HD-117) · primary sponsor
- Stevens, Sarah (R, 90) · primary sponsor
- Hall, Kyle (R, 91) · primary sponsor
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70) · primary sponsor
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Jackson, Neal (R, 78)
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109)
- Moss, Ben T. (R, 52)
- Scott, Paul (R, 111)
- Ward, Bill (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Reptd Fav
- : Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Re-ref Com On Election Law
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Election Law, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COUNCIL OF STATE, COURTS, PUBLIC, ATTORNEYS, VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, GOVERNOR
Common questions
- What is H478?
- H478 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Modify Appointment Process for DA Vacancies.
- What does H478 do?
- In its own words: An act to modify the appointment process to fill district attorney vacancies.
- What is the status of H478?
- Introduced as of June 10, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (June 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored H478?
- Jennifer Balkcom (R, HD-117), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H478?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H478
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