---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stop Images Taken W/O Consent From Dissemin."
description: "Stop Images Taken W/O Consent From Dissemin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "North Carolina HB 399 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "CRIMES", "DEFINITIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "G. Adcock", "Malone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72bd7122-e027-4eab-9ba4-01b93ef88bb2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H399&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bdbc866d79edafa918ead29623a237416802832df057b95cf934cda2a5730b6f"
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 399 (2017) — Stop Images Taken W/O Consent From Dissemin.

## 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/H399v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H399v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H399v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H399v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H399v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- G. Adcock — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-11** Ch. SL 2017-93 `became-law`
- **2017-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72bd7122-e027-4eab-9ba4-01b93ef88bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).