---
type: "Bill"
title: "Credit Union/Trust Institution Changes."
description: "Credit Union/Trust Institution Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "North Carolina HB 144 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUCTIONEERS COMN.", "AUCTIONS", "BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "COURTS", "CREDIT UNIONS", "DMV", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LEASING", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "J. Bell", "Szoka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d46b866-56ff-4ac0-abaa-9db32c04785e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H144&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a1db841b8c034aa06fe327ccf7d2afdfe5295a2e2e08185448e95ccba85ce19c"
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 144 (2017) — Credit Union/Trust Institution Changes.

## 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/H144v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H144v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H144v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H144v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H144v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02** Ch. SL 2017-25 `became-law`
- **2017-06-02** Signed by Gov. 6/2/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-25** Pres. To Gov. 5/25/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-24** Ratified
- **2017-05-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Ref To Com On Banking `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d46b866-56ff-4ac0-abaa-9db32c04785e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).