---
type: "Bill"
title: "Warrant Check of Inmates in Custody."
description: "Warrant Check of Inmates in Custody."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "North Carolina HB 224 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Destin Hall", "Duane Hall", "Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aea05260-8a40-4295-a3ab-9c6e0f8d4a9f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H224&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7b915f8a6cc401a750b850e6a17f86becefbcdd142aff23b4f196215990ccf92"
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 224 (2017) — Warrant Check of Inmates in Custody.

## 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/H224v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H224v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H224v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H224v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Destin Hall — primary (person)
- Duane Hall — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-101 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `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`
- **2017-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Placed On Cal For 04/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aea05260-8a40-4295-a3ab-9c6e0f8d4a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).