---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Arson Law."
description: "Amend Arson Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "North Carolina HB 325 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ARSON", "ATTORNEYS", "BUDGETING", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "NGOS", "STATE FIRE MARSHAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-13"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/418318cb-f7a4-4b37-bd41-3b85c62ded2d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H325&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b005120aef46363070b1e9d85c4bbb8b230fcd36cb93fec9f4b77332db11054c"
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 325 (2017) — Amend Arson Law.

## 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/H325v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-89-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6938/0/H325-ATT-89-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v7.pdf)
10. **SL 2018-31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H325v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-31 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **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`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/418318cb-f7a4-4b37-bd41-3b85c62ded2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).