---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Appointments/UNC Bd of Governors."
description: "Amend Appointments/UNC Bd of Governors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "North Carolina HB 39 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraley", "Jordan", "Lewis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/089ba770-64c3-4b68-b06a-0edd380340d6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H39&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4e28e46fc3e4bcc6c15080675a83249e3e4b4f7013e776ed6e3cc8bd3d5de7ea"
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 39 (2017) — Amend Appointments/UNC Bd of Governors.

## 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/H39v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H39v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H39v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H39v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H39v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendments 2 & 3 Motion 1 To Table — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fraley — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-03** Ch. SL 2017-1 `became-law`
- **2017-03-03** Signed by Gov. 3/3/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-22** Pres. To Gov. 2/22/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-21** Ratified
- **2017-02-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Amend Tabled A2
- **2017-02-20** Amend Tabled A3
- **2017-02-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-09** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-07** Placed On Cal For 02/08/2017
- **2017-02-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06** Ref To Com On Education - Universities `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/089ba770-64c3-4b68-b06a-0edd380340d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).