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John R. Bell IV

American politician from North Carolina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John R. Bell IV
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John Richard Bell IV (born May 18, 1979) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has represented the 10th district (including Wayne, Greene, and Johnston counties) in the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2013.[1][2]

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Early life and education

John Richard Bell, IV is the child of John R. "Ricky" Bell, III, and Cindy Ezzell Bell. He has one sister. His father was a highway maintenance engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.[3] Bell graduated from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, in 2001.[4]

Career

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In 2016, Bell was a business development employee for North Carolina Community Federal Credit Union in Goldsboro, North Carolina.[5] He later joined Sentinel Risk Advisors as a client executive.[4]

In January 2016, Bell endorsed Senator Marco Rubio in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[6]

Bell was elected by the state House Republican Caucus to the position of state House majority whip in 2014,[7] and to the position of majority leader in 2016.[5] Bell was also chairman of the House Regulatory Reform Committee, and the House Select Committee on Wildlife Resources.[5]

In the state House, Bell has been a supporter of restricting wind energy development, taking the position that wind farms are a threat to military bases in North Carolina because they could obstruct low-level military training flights.[8] Bell sponsored legislation in 2013 to increase wind-energy regulation,[8] and in 2019 helped negotiate a bill to require the state to consult military commanders as part of the state permitting process for wind farms.[9]

Bell and other General Assembly Republicans have opposed Democratic Governor Roy Cooper on the issue of expanding Medicaid. Cooper and other Democrats support the expansion of Medicaid, and Republicans oppose it.[10]

Bell introduced legislation in 2019 to allow the sale of beer and wine at North Carolina public universities during athletic games.[11] The bill passed later that year, and seven University of North Carolina System institutions took advantage of the law by opting to allow alcohol sales on game days.[12]

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Electoral history

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Committee assignments

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2025–2026 session

  • Appropriations
  • Select Committee on Helene Recovery (Chair)
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2023–2024 session

  • Agriculture
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Energy and Public Utilities
  • Finance
  • Health
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  • Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security

2021–2022 session

  • Agriculture
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Energy and Public Utilities
  • Finance
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2019–2020 session

  • Agriculture
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • House Finance
  • Energy and Public Utilities

2017–2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Agriculture
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Energy and Public Utilities
  • Finance
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  • Banking
  • Education - Universities
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs

2015–2016 session

  • Agriculture
  • Regulatory Reform (chair)
  • Finance
  • Public Utilities
  • Banking
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Judiciary III

2013–2014 session

  • Appropriations
  • Agriculture (Vice Chair)
  • Banking
  • Government
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Judiciary
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References

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