About John R. Bell, IV
Born 1979. John R. Bell, IV is an American politician.
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.
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. Bell graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2001.
Career In 2016, Bell was a business development employee for North Carolina Community Federal Credit Union in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He later joined Sentinel Risk Advisors as a client executive.
Bell was elected by the state House Republican Caucus to the position of state House majority whip in 2014 and to the position of majority leader in 2016. Bell sponsored legislation in 2013 to increase wind-energy regulation
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, while Republicans oppose it.
Bell introduced legislation in 2019 to allow the sale of beer and wine at North Carolina public universities during athletic games. 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.
Electoral history
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Committee assignments
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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Who is John R. Bell, IV?
American politician in North Carolina
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John R. Bell, IV was born on 18 May 1979 in Mount Olive.
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