---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Gang Laws."
description: "Revise Gang Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "North Carolina HB 138 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "GANGS", "LANDOWNERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "ORGANIZED CRIME", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Hurley", "McNeill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-20"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bea1d55-d7fc-45eb-b3d8-2e18a57d1fc3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H138&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0fa76c5730fc8a711a9d56d0af32bade2bd3c5906c5c24bcc060c24f61381612"
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 138 (2017) — Revise Gang Laws.

## 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/H138v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-7-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/1883/0/H138-ASA-7-V-3)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5066/0/H138-A-NBC-1636)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H138v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Hurley — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-194 `became-law`
- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Engrossed
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-05** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-23** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-03-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Placed On Cal For 03/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bea1d55-d7fc-45eb-b3d8-2e18a57d1fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).