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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Electoral Freedom Act of 2017."
+description: "Electoral Freedom Act of 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 656"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 656 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "COURTS", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "JUDGES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETOED", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "PRIMARIES", "BALLOT ISSUES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 61
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-04"
+last_action: "2017-10-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f6b4c4f-38ad-41d7-93df-d9e4eacc3d65"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S656&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "53d80f3517f2ad361e05de29158d8cfd4ab86461a4a6cb75e33f31a1a177bfdf"
+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 SB 656 (2017) — Electoral Freedom Act of 2017.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S656v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2017-214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 11 Veto Override — **26–15** (pass) · upper
+- Veto Override — **72–40** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hise — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-10-17** Ch. SL 2017-214 `became-law`
+- **2017-10-17** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2017-10-16** Placed On Cal For 10/17/2017
+- **2017-10-16** Veto Received From Senate
+- **2017-10-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2017-10-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-10-16** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-10-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-10-09** Vetoed 10/09/2017 `executive-veto`
+- **2017-10-05** Pres. To Gov. 10/5/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-05** Ratified
+- **2017-10-05** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Report #2 Adopted
+- **2017-10-05** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-10-05** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
+- **2017-10-05** Conf Rept Withdrawn
+- **2017-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/05/2017
+- **2017-10-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
+- **2017-10-04** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-10-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2017-10-04** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/05/2017
+- **2017-10-04** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-29** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
+- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
+- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-21** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f6b4c4f-38ad-41d7-93df-d9e4eacc3d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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