HB 160 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Joel H. Crisp Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Awareness Law.

HB 160 requires North Carolina's University of North Carolina School of Medicine Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to create and share evidence-based information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with all healthcare practitioners in the state. This includes current risk factors, conditions, and contact details for epilepsy support organizations, available on NC AHEC's website. Healthcare providers treating epilepsy patients will directly receive this standardized resource, which must be compiled by consulting medical boards and professional societies. NC AHEC must report the completed resource to the legislature by September 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Apr 9, 2025

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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted and updated with new sponsor information and session dates. The primary change is the addition of more sponsors to the bill and updated referral information, while the core legislative content remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors (Potts, White, and Cunningham) to the bill and updated the referral information to include multiple committees.

Updated session dates from February 21, 2025 to February 24, 2025 and changed the bill identifier from DRH10014-NB-8 to H160-v-1.

Floor votes · House Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

114–0

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 121

Apr 8, 2025

D Democratic46

44 Yea 2

95% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican73

68 Yea 5

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed 3rd Reading

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Higher Education

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 36 co-sponsors