---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Guard Can Purchase From CE."
description: "National Guard Can Purchase From CE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "North Carolina HB 120 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COMMERCE", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRISON LABOR", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grange", "McNeill", "Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4220af4-80c1-45d9-905c-2020294bfcb8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H120&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cad662f72579b6aa9a46322ad7bbcb3fdca3f99cc7f6b2f1a368f01d467b0122"
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 120 (2017) — National Guard Can Purchase From CE.

## 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/H120v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H120v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H120v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H120v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grange — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- G. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-154 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Ratified
- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-20** Ref To Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4220af4-80c1-45d9-905c-2020294bfcb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).