---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Mutual Assistance Statutes."
description: "Modernize Mutual Assistance Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "North Carolina HB 388 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "McNeill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87e29df-0bd5-445d-9df3-dd7c61a9ef60"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H388&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f9f311500f99caf2230968a9d015fc6a088570e73a7c3ab53067c5b4023eff61"
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 388 (2017) — Modernize Mutual Assistance Statutes.

## 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/H388v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H388v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H388v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H388v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H388v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-87 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2017-03-20** Ref To Com On State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f87e29df-0bd5-445d-9df3-dd7c61a9ef60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).