NC · Officeholder
DState Representative · District 72
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: North Carolina House District 72
Amber Baker is a Democratic state representative from North Carolina House District 72 who has served since 2021 and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1] A former school principal, she holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University and works as an educator and consultant.[1][2]
Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and earned a B.S. in elementary education from Winston-Salem State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University.[1] Her career has included serving as principal of Kimberley Park School and as principal consultant with Beyond Expectations Consultants.[1]
Baker assumed office in the North Carolina House on January 1, 2021, succeeding Derwin Montgomery.[1] The General Assembly's website lists her occupation as educator and her county as Forsyth.[2] In the 2025-2026 session she is a member of the Election Law, Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, Finance, Oversight, and Regulatory Reform committees, among others.[3]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Amber Baker is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina House District 72 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Regulatory Reform Act of 2025.
On the version voted Sep 23, 2025: Changes dozens of state regulations, including barring local street paving standards stricter than the state's, limiting local rules on displaying American flags on private property, easing wastewater and stormwater permitting, and expanding where restaurants and food businesses may use liquor for cooking.
Jun 24, 2025 · Failed 49–61 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
May 21, 2025 · Failed 49–57 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Prot. Act.
On the version voted Jun 30, 2026: Requires cryptocurrency kiosk operators to be licensed and supervised by the state banking commissioner, caps daily transactions at $2,000 for new and $5,000 for existing customers, limits fees to 12%, and requires fraud warnings and refunds for some scam victims.
Jun 9, 2026 · Failed 50–64 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
North Carolina Border Protection Act.
On the version voted Jun 24, 2026: Requires state public safety, prison, Highway Patrol and SBI leaders to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, ends state benefits and housing aid for noncitizens lacking legal status where federal law allows, and waives tort immunity for cities and counties with sanctuary ordinances when an unauthorized immigrant commits a crime there.
Jun 4, 2025 · Passed 60–46 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Jul 28, 2026: Changes election law, including shortening early voting for primaries and runoffs, requiring county boards to remove deceased voters within a week of receiving federal lists, and making other-state voter data non-public.
Aug 4, 2026 · Passed 62–47 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Clarify Powers of State Auditor.
Exempts the State Auditor's office from certain state procurement rules, including IT procurement; lets the Auditor investigate improper activity by publicly funded entities; lets the Department of Revenue force-collect debts owed to state agencies.
Jun 24, 2025 · Passed 62–48 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Promoting Wholesome Content for Students.
Requires public schools to adopt library policies under which community advisory committees review books for quality and age-appropriateness, requires removal of material that fails the criteria, including depictions of sexual activity, and lets parents or county residents sue over violations.
Apr 16, 2025 · Failed 49–57 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Eliminating "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)" in Public Higher Educ
Bars UNC campuses and community colleges from endorsing or compelling belief in listed "divisive concepts," from discriminatory practices, and from keeping diversity, equity and inclusion offices; requires their governing boards to adopt policies implementing these rules.
Jun 25, 2025 · Passed 64–47 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Eliminating "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)" in Public Education.
Bars public school units from teaching or requiring affirmation of listed "divisive concepts" (such as one race or sex being inherently superior), from discriminatory practices, and from keeping diversity, equity and inclusion offices; requires annual compliance certification.
Jun 25, 2025 · Passed 67–48 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Sets rules for new data centers of 100 megawatts or more, including site assessments, closed-loop or liquid cooling with no evaporative cooling, electric contracts that shield other customers from costs, and a ban on local incentives; also delays a swine-waste energy requirement to 2029.
Jun 3, 2026 · Failed 49–63 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Sets timelines and procedures for state review of Clean Water Act 401 water quality certifications, creates permitting rules for upland basin marinas, and excludes certain man-made ditches from the Coastal Area Management Act.
Jun 24, 2025 · Passed 66–45 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Removes the interim carbon reduction target for electric utilities, allows alternative recovery of financing costs for baseload plants under construction, changes fuel-cost and performance-based ratemaking rules, and authorizes securitization of coal plant retirement costs.
Jul 29, 2025 · Passed 74–46 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law.
Orders the Division of Health Benefits to disenroll Planned Parenthood and associated entities as Medicaid providers, end their Medicaid contracts, and engage other providers for services they provided.
Oct 22, 2025 · Passed 61–47 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device.
Lets 24-hour-staffed fire, rescue and emergency department buildings install temperature-controlled newborn safety devices where a parent can leave an infant up to 30 days old, with alarms, signage and annual state inspection.
May 1, 2025 · Passed 75–33 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Criminal Falsification of Medical Records.
Makes it a crime for health care providers to destroy, alter, falsify or omit medical records to hide errors, abuse or neglect, a felony when the patient was seriously injured or died, and makes paying or taking money for such falsification a felony.
Apr 9, 2025 · Passed 88–24Official record ↗
Most contested
Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions.
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to pay pharmacies at least federal benchmark drug costs, bars them from charging pharmacies various fees or stopping pharmacists from mentioning cheaper drugs, limits pharmacy audits, and requires quarterly reports on drug costs and manufacturer price concessions.
Apr 29, 2025 · Passed 106–9 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Expand Remote Drivers License Services.
Jul 30, 2025 · Passed 109–7 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Mitigating Factor/Pretrial Use of Ignition Interlock Device.
Makes using an ignition interlock device for at least six months before trial a factor that can lower an impaired-driving sentence, for defendants with no recent impaired-driving convictions, a blood alcohol level under 0.15 and no crash causing serious injury or death.
May 1, 2025 · Passed 100–7 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Liability/Unfair/Deceptive Development Actions.
Lets courts award attorneys' fees to people who win civil actions against local governments over development approvals, requires fees for intentional violations or delay, and requires punitive damages up to 10 times damages for flagrantly unfair or deceptive conduct meant to prompt a suit.
May 1, 2025 · Passed 67–39 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping.
Creates felonies for selling drugs in posted drug-free zones around homeless service facilities, and bars local governments from allowing regular camping or sleeping on public property except at sites they designate for up to a year with Labor Department certification.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 73–40 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons.
Lets a property owner start an expedited court process to remove an unauthorized person occupying residential property, with a hearing no later than 48 hours after service.
Jun 26, 2025 · Passed 76–32 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Sets rules for new data centers of 100 megawatts or more, including site assessments, closed-loop or liquid cooling with no evaporative cooling, electric contracts that shield other customers from costs, and a ban on local incentives; also delays a swine-waste energy requirement to 2029.
Jun 3, 2026 · Failed 49–63 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Requires wireless carriers to give police a phone's location when it was used to call 911 or is believed to be with someone at risk of death or serious harm, shields carriers from lawsuits for doing so, and requires them to file emergency contacts with the SBI.
Apr 15, 2025 · Passed 103–8 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
General Statutes Commission Electronic Signatures.
Clarifies that business contracts with reciprocal attorneys' fee provisions may be signed by hand or electronically, and that notary applicants must sign initial applications in pen and ink while the Secretary of State may accept other signatures electronically.
Feb 26, 2025 · Passed 114–1 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
NC Farmland and Military Protection Act.
On the version voted Jun 23, 2026: Bars foreign parties tied to adversarial governments from acquiring or holding interests in agricultural land or land within 50 miles of a military installation. Holdings before April 1, 2027 may continue but must be registered; later acquisitions must be sold within one year.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 111–2 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 6 of 201 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (2), Jobs & cost of living (1), Climate & energy (1)
Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium.
What it does: Changes which counties must delay their 2026 property revaluations to 2027, applying the delay to any county that reappraised for 2026 unless it has under 12,000 people, meets certain other tests, or is a Helene-affec…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 5–40, Republicans 67–0
Jul 1, 2026Official record ↗
Various Local Provisions X.
What it does: Makes local law changes, including moving Kannapolis to even-year partisan elections, letting Moore County spend up to $500,000 on storm-damaged areas, and abolishing Southport's historic preservation commission.
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–42, Republicans 67–0
Jul 1, 2026Official record ↗
Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Revenue/Advisory.
What it does: On the version voted Jul 1, 2026: Limits Rocky Mount's transfers of electric and natural gas revenue to other city funds, creates a nine-member public utilities advisory committee there, limits Louisburg's transfers o…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 11–34, Republicans 65–0
Jun 30, 2026Official record ↗
The Hunter Robinson Act.
What it does: Lengthens post-release supervision after prison from 12 to 24 months for Class B1 through C felonies and from 12 to 18 months for Class D and E felonies, raising maximum sentences to match, for offenses on or after De…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 20–21, Republicans 67–0
Apr 30, 2025Official record ↗
Child Care Regulatory Reforms.
What it does: Directs DHHS to develop a plan separating child care star ratings from subsidy requirements. Changes licensing standards, including lead-teacher group limits, staff qualifications and school-age care in school buildin…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 13–30, Republicans 67–0
Apr 15, 2025Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
Regulatory Reform Act of 2025.
With most of their party · Failed 49–61 · Yes 49–No 61 · Democrats 47–0, Republicans 1–61
Jun 24, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Failed 49–57 · Yes 49–No 57 · Democrats 44–0, Republicans 3–57
May 21, 2025Official record ↗
Promoting Wholesome Content for Students.
With most of their party · Failed 49–57 · Yes 49–No 57 · Democrats 44–0, Republicans 3–57
Apr 16, 2025Official record ↗
Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law.
With most of their party · Passed 61–47 · Yes 61–No 47 · Democrats 0–46, Republicans 61–0
Oct 22, 2025Official record ↗
North Carolina Border Protection Act.
With most of their party · Passed 60–46 · Yes 60–No 46 · Democrats 0–44, Republicans 60–0
Jun 4, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 62–47 · Yes 62–No 47 · Democrats 0–46, Republicans 62–0
Aug 4, 2026Official record ↗
Clarify Powers of State Auditor.
With most of their party · Passed 62–48 · Yes 62–No 48 · Democrats 1–46, Republicans 61–0
Jun 24, 2025Official record ↗
Eliminating "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)" in Public Higher Educ
With most of their party · Passed 64–47 · Yes 64–No 47 · Democrats 0–47, Republicans 64–0
Jun 25, 2025Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur
Removes the satellite annexation cap for Bear Grass, writes the Currituck County Game Commission's waterfowl blind rules into law with online applications and flexible fees, and requires ward-based primaries in Hickory when more than two candidates file for a ward.
Motion: R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption
Makes technical, clarifying and other changes to the 2026 state budget law, including adjustments to Hurricane Helene recovery grants and programs, budget procedure rules, and several local and board appointment provisions.
Motion: C RPT Adoption
On the version voted Jul 29, 2026: Changes court laws, including when juvenile records may be disclosed, giving any attorney of record access to the trial file in indigent appeals, assigning superior court judges to districts with a county over 1 million people, and Judicial Standards Commission definitions.
Motion: Second Reading
On the version voted Jul 28, 2026: Adjourns the 2025 General Assembly session in stages, reconvening August 31, September 28, October 26, November 16 and November 30, 2026, each limited to veto overrides, appointments, election laws and certain other matters, then adjourns sine die December 18, 2026.
Motion: R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur
On the version voted Aug 5, 2026: Removes the satellite annexation cap for Bear Grass, writes the Currituck County Game Commission's waterfowl blind rules into law with online applications and flexible fees, and requires ward-based primaries in Hickory when more than two candidates file for a ward.
Motion: R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption
Adds parts of Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River and Stones Bay to Jacksonville's city limits, limits city police powers and annexation north of N.C. Highway 24, and ends the city's zoning authority outside its limits.
Motion: R2 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption
On the version voted Aug 5, 2026: Makes technical, clarifying and other changes to the 2026 state budget law, including adjustments to Hurricane Helene recovery grants and programs, budget procedure rules, and several local and board appointment provisions.
Motion: C RPT Adoption
On the version voted Jul 29, 2026: Adjusts the 2026 budget act: redirects several directed grants, moves authorization of the America's Semiquincentennial license plate into GS 20-63, delays an insurance regulatory charge change to 2027, and appropriates $225,000 for State Fire Marshal and $300,000 for Labor Department positions.
Motion: C RPT Adoption
On the version voted Jul 29, 2026: Makes dozens of regulatory changes, including de novo review of rule interpretation by administrative law judges and courts, higher penalties for water theft and littering, limits on local glazing requirements, and new rules on accessory dwelling units and mining permits.
Motion: Third Reading
Creates a process for cities and towns to remove land from their limits, either on their own initiative after a report and public hearing or on a petition signed by all owners, with consent required from any local government taking over services.
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