North Carolina Senate · District 12
Jim Burgin
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Jim Burgin'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 Senate District 12.
Also on the ballot: Tanya White Anderson (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jim Burgin.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jim Burgin.
Bills
The bills Jim Burgin sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 110 | 3 |
| Passed both chambers | 5 | 0 |
| Became law | 5 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 17 of 50 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 17 of 30 Republicans (tied with 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 332 Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 696 |
April 30, 2026 |
| SB 55 Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons |
Statewide | Became law | Aug. 6, 2025 |
| SB 600 Improve Health and Human Services |
Statewide | Became law | July 3, 2025 |
| SB 442 Parents Protection Act |
Statewide | Became law | July 3, 2025 |
| SB 155 Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 231 |
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
2 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 2 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President Pro Tempore | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2026 | HB 198: ABC Omnibus of 2026. Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 19, 2025 | HB 328: Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Jim Burgin voted on each of the 704 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President Pro Tempore | 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
- jim.burgin@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 620, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-733-5748
Committees
- Appropriations on Health and Human Services Chair
- Health Care Chair
- Health and Human Services Legislative Oversight Co-chair
- Agriculture, Energy and Environment
- Appropriations and Base Budget
- Child Fatality Task Force
- Child Fatality Task Force
- Energy Policy Legislative Commission
- Finance
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Information Technology Legislative Oversight
- Medicaid Legislative Oversight
- Pensions and Retirement and Aging
- Select Committee on Property Tax Reform
- State and Local Government
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