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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Filling Vacancies/U.S. Senate."
+description: "Filling Vacancies/U.S. Senate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 659"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 659 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTIONS", "GOVERNOR", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bert Jones", "Burr", "Saine"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-06"
+last_action: "2018-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7b998f-bb73-4966-ad4a-77a3a1eadd2b"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H659&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "3c45c4759e02ecea46dcd8e812378754746436e59aa981ceddae49d89617ceb9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina HB 659 (2017) — Filling Vacancies/U.S. Senate.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H659v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H659v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H659v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H659v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2018-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H659v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **71–39** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **35–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bert Jones — primary (person)
+- Burr — primary (person)
+- Saine — primary (person)
+- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-26** Ch. SL 2018-102 `became-law`
+- **2018-06-26** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
+- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-14** Ratified
+- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2018-06-13** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-13** Added to Calendar
+- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-26** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-06** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7b998f-bb73-4966-ad4a-77a3a1eadd2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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