North Carolina Senate · District 47
Ralph Hise
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Ralph Hise'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 47.
Also on the ballot: Frank Patton Hughes III (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ralph Hise.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ralph Hise.
Bills
The bills Ralph Hise sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 51 | 3 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 | 1 |
| Became law | 4 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 22 of 50 in the Senate · 22 of 30 Republicans
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 257 2026 Appropriations Act |
Statewide | Became law | July 7, 2026 |
| SB 809 Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist. |
Local | Became law | June 24, 2026 |
| SB 416 Personal Privacy Protection Act |
Statewide | Became law | July 29, 2025 |
| SB 709 2025 State Investment Modernization Act.-AB |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 506 |
June 13, 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 26, 2025 | SB 655: Extend Certain Rights to Catawba Nation Concurrence |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 7, 2025 | SB 655: Extend Certain Rights to Catawba Nation Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Ralph Hise 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
- ralph.hise@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 300-A, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-733-3460
Committees
- Appropriations and Base Budget Chair
- Elections Chair
- Information Technology Legislative Oversight Co-chair
- Governmental Operations Commission Ex officio
- Governmental Operations Commission Ex officio
- Finance
- Health Care
- Health and Human Services Legislative Oversight
- Legislative Elections Oversight
- Legislative Elections Oversight
- Legislative Research Commission
- Legislative Services Commission
- Medicaid Legislative Oversight
- Nominations Select
- Pensions and Retirement and Aging
- Revenue Laws Study
- Rules and Operations of the Senate
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