North Carolina House · District 16
Carson Smith
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Carson Smith's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for North Carolina House District 16.
Also on the ballot: Jim Harris (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carson Smith.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carson Smith.
Bills
The bills Carson Smith sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 33 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 6 | 0 |
| Became law | 6 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 12 of 120 in the House (tied with 5 others) · 12 of 71 Republicans (tied with 5 others)
A bill's sponsors are its primary sponsors, the names the General Assembly marks “Primary” (up to four on a House bill, three on a Senate bill); co-sponsors aren't counted. Local bills, which apply to one or a few counties or cities, are counted apart.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 206 DPS/Other Changes |
Statewide | Became law | July 8, 2026 |
| HB 1126 2026 DST Admin/Technical/Clarifying Changes.-AB |
Statewide | Became law | July 8, 2026 |
| HB 315 Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits |
Statewide | Became law | June 22, 2026 |
| HB 318 The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act |
Statewide | Became law | July 29, 2025 |
| HB 476 DST Technical Corrections/Admin. Changes 2025.-AB |
Statewide | Became law | June 26, 2025 |
| HB 477 Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.-AB |
Statewide | Became law | June 13, 2025 |
Budget projects
North Carolina's budget acts, and the conference reports that list their items, don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for North Carolina legislators.
Contested votes where they split
1 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2025 | HB 96: Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Carson Smith voted on each of the 808 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.ncleg.gov
- carson.smith@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 410, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-715-9664 - District office
- 47 Hidden Bluff Trail, Hampstead, NC 28443
Committees
- Appropriations, Justice and Public Safety Chair
- Pensions and Retirement Chair
- Justice and Public Safety Legislative Oversight Co-chair
- Appropriations Vice chair
- Judiciary 2 Vice chair
- Election Law
- Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs
- Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety Select
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the North Carolina General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the North Carolina General Assembly's roll-call vote records, Jan. 8, 2025 to Oct. 7, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections