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What has Jennifer Balkcom done on community safety in the NC House?

Matches stated direction. Her bill raising penalties for felons who have or use a gun in a felony passed the House 111 to 7 and became law in 2025 as part of a Senate bill she voted for.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Community safety: the bill she leads

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What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work to improve community safety.

“improve community safety”

What the record shows ·

She is the first-listed sponsor of House Bill 28, the Gun Violence Prevention Act, which creates tougher felony classes when a person barred from having guns as a felon has, shows or fires one while committing a felony. It passed the House 111 to 7 on March 18, 2025. The same text became law as Part VIII of Senate Bill 311 (Session Law 2025-71), signed July 9, 2025, and took effect December 1, 2025. She voted for that bill (House roll call 565, 100 to 7).

Limit: Her bill's text became law inside a Senate bill with other sponsors and many other parts. 'Community safety' is broad, and this card does not score the rest of her record on crime and policing.

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  1. Jennifer Balkcom picked as Rep. Edwards' replacement in North Carolina congressional racehttps://wlos.com/news/local/north-carolina-11th-district-republican-jennifer-balkcom-chuck-edwards-replacement-jamie-ager-election

    WLOS · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Reports the district Republican committee's vote on Monday, August 10, 2026, and quotes her campaign's statement in full. Her campaign site does not carry the statement.

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  2. House Bill 28, Gun Violence Prevention Act (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H28

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Primary sponsors Balkcom, Carson Smith, Miller and Pyrtle, with Balkcom listed first. Raises penalties when a felon has, shows or fires a gun while committing a felony. Passed the House March 18, 2025, and the bill itself stayed in the Senate Rules Committee; its text became law as Part VIII of Senate Bill 311 (Session Law 2025-71).

    official legislative record

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  3. House Roll Call #32, HB 28, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/32

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 18, 2025, passed 111 to 7. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.

    official legislative record

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  4. Senate Bill 311, The Law and Order Act (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S311

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Primary sponsors Britt, Craven and Blue. Signed July 9, 2025; Session Law 2025-71. Balkcom is not a sponsor.

    official legislative record

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  5. Session Law 2025-71, The Law and Order Acthttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-71.html

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Part VIII, Gun Violence Prevention, rewrites G.S. 14-415.1 with the same new subsections (a1) to (a3) as House Bill 28, effective December 1, 2025. Signed July 9, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  6. G.S. 14-415.1, Possession of firearms, etc., by felon prohibitedhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-415.1.html

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The statute as it now reads, with subsections (a1) to (a3) from House Bill 28. Its history note ends '2025-71, s. 8(a)'.

    official legislative record

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  7. House Roll Call #565, SB 311 (The Law and Order Act), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/565

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 26, 2025, adopted 100 to 7. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.

    official legislative record

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