---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grand Jurors/Service."
description: "Grand Jurors/Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "North Carolina HB 879 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "JURIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc886bc5-9bc1-4243-b306-4a3f2d178f3e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H879&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e8859bfe88c6f5ac8d3c9f55803614aa88c432decf6e3b565af239c5dfaed1e9"
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 879 (2013) — Grand Jurors/Service.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-36-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4527/0/H879-ARK-36-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H879v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-148 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Rec From House
- **2013-04-30** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc886bc5-9bc1-4243-b306-4a3f2d178f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).