Jim Burgin

Jim Burgin

RepublicanSenator · District 12
Running for Reelection · November 2026

Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov

113
Bills Sponsored
81
Bills Cosponsored
691
Votes Cast
100%
Party Unity Score

Sponsored Bills (113)

S177Engrossed

Continuing Budget Adjustments

This bill makes various spending adjustments to North Carolina's state budget for fiscal years 2025-2027. It appropriates $500 million for Medicaid, funds for State Auditor and State Board of Elections positions, $713 million for capital improvement projects across state agencies and universities, adjusts state employee benefit contribution rates, and allocates $162 million in disaster relief funding for agricultural losses and waterway restoration.

Senate2026-08-06
S528Engrossed

Health and Human Services Revisions

This bill makes several updates to North Carolina's health and human services laws, including requiring schools to display crisis hotline numbers, establishing a pilot program for magnetic stimulation therapy for veterans and first responders, updating opioid treatment program rules to align with federal standards, and expanding insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices. The bill also requires healthcare providers to receive information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and mandates surgical smoke evacuation systems in hospitals and surgical facilities.

Senate2026-07-02
S863Introduced

Streamline Adult Care Home Inspections

This bill allows adult care homes to use passing inspection results from the state's Adult Care Licensure Section to satisfy similar routine inspections by other state or local departments, rather than requiring separate inspections. The bill includes exceptions for complaint-based investigations, abuse allegations, and inspections prompted by specific safety concerns, and provides $100,000 in funding to implement the streamlined process.

Senate2026-06-17

Cosponsored Bills (81)

S403Engrossed

Additional Medicaid Funds and Requirements

This bill adjusts North Carolina's Medicaid funding and administration by increasing funding by $90 million, eliminating vacant state positions to reduce costs, discontinuing coverage for obesity management medications, requiring local mental health organizations to transfer $18 million to the state, and establishing new standards for how quickly and accurately counties must process Medicaid applications and eligibility reviews.

Senate2026-08-06
S355Passed

Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB

This bill makes several changes to support the Department of Adult Correction's operations. It expands tuition waivers for survivors and disabled family members of fallen probation officers, clarifies technical requirements for electronic and satellite-based monitoring devices, allows a three-member panel to handle post-release supervision decisions, modifies sexually violent predator evaluation procedures, increases purchase limits from prison enterprises, and makes various administrative and technical adjustments to state corrections operations.

Senate2026-07-08
S474Passed

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

This bill adjusts which counties must delay using updated property values from 2026 reappraisals for tax purposes. For the 2026-2027 tax year, affected counties must use older property values instead of the new ones. The bill also prevents public service company property values from decreasing in these counties during the moratorium period.

Senate2026-07-08

Voting Record (691)

691
Votes Cast
555
Yea
18
Nay
83%
Participation
  • Absent
    H834SenatePassed

    SBOE Administrative Changes

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H147SenatePassed

    Various Local Provisions XI

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H958SenatePassed

    Election Law Changes

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H116SenatePassed

    Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H958SenatePassed

    Election Law Changes

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H147SenatePassed

    Various Local Provisions XI

    2026-07-28
  • Absent
    H958SenatePassed

    Election Law Changes

    2026-07-28
  • Yea
    H116SenatePassed

    Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    H1220SenatePassed

    Various Local Provisions IX

    2026-07-02
  • Yea
    S355SenatePassed

    Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB

    2026-07-02
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