---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Law Revisions."
description: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Law Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "North Carolina HB 337 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "UNMANNED AIRCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e377e8c4-b31c-443f-a11b-88906e81ee01"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H337&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d5a78691b99c982e00f45ab7395feddfce4f1dd6051e6e419c9529cb82229c3"
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 337 (2017) — Unmanned Aircraft Systems Law 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/H337v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H337v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H337v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H337v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H337v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-160 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/05/2017
- **2017-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e377e8c4-b31c-443f-a11b-88906e81ee01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).