---
type: "Bill"
title: "Divestment From Companies That Boycott Israel."
description: "Divestment From Companies That Boycott Israel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "North Carolina HB 161 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INTERNATIONAL TRADE", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STATE TREASURER", "CHAPTERED", "PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross", "Szoka"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20e2a008-6a59-487b-909d-72cfbb7b6ccf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H161&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d81d9ba43aa267ecbe3c2448b46581f68500cc4b0d4c455f834e9978089f4198"
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 161 (2017) — Divestment From Companies That Boycott Israel.

## 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/H161v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H161v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H161v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H161v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H161v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H161v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **94–21** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Destin Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-193 `became-law`
- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** Placed On Cal For 03/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `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/20e2a008-6a59-487b-909d-72cfbb7b6ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).