---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postpone Assumed Name Revisions."
description: "Postpone Assumed Name Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "North Carolina HB 228 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DEEDS", "INCORPORATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/513daef8-0dbc-41e9-8902-159525c851a8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H228&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "43e89b0d4ececda870718ee662734a9c90c9215ba85cd0c04436c63ab41c521b"
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 228 (2017) — Postpone Assumed Name Revisions.

## 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/H228v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMN-1-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/3269/0/H228-AMN-1-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H228v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H228v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H228v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H228v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H228v5.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Davis Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02** Ch. SL 2017-23 `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`
- **2017-05-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `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/513daef8-0dbc-41e9-8902-159525c851a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).