# Bill Ward

Bill Ward is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 5
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1d726fb-535d-456b-9712-b689afcb7763

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1d726fb-535d-456b-9712-b689afcb7763 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Ward’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.04), from 134 donors and 162 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 99.3% (92.6%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HJR 2 Adjourn 2026 First Extra Session Sine Die. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HJR2/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HB 3 Relief at the Pump. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption M4 Previous Question · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB268/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · M11 Concur · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/

## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 416. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 49 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1231: No Voter Registration Changes At DMV. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1231/
- HB 1189: Datacenter Transparency Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1189/
- HB 1174: Homeowners' Associations Oversight Act. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1174/
- HB 1133: Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Historically Minority-Serving Institutions Omnibus. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1133/
- HB 1090: Revitalizing, Uplifting Regions and Access Local (RURAL) Care Act. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1090/
- HB 1085: Improve Cable Service Complaint Resolutions. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1085/
- HB 957: Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Historically Minority-Serving Institutions Omnibus. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB957/
- HB 638: Equitable Escalation of Electricity Demand Act. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB638/
- HB 439: Allow Concealed Carry of Knife. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB439/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/816
- Campaign site: https://electbillward.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billwardfornchouse5

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1d726fb-535d-456b-9712-b689afcb7763