---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Woolly Worm Festival."
description: "State Woolly Worm Festival."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "North Carolina HB 425 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNSELING", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PARTNERSHIPS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "AVERY COUNTY", "BANNER ELK", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobson", "Dollar", "Murphy"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb7ea05-c041-43fd-aa29-382f22c608df"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H425&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b3fbcd83a0775ba1c0eab6c8aaa20b2a3120dc8077435fae0bb14ff84b8deaf"
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 425 (2017) — State Woolly Worm Festival.

## 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/H425v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ASH-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/3012/0/H425-ASH-8-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2018-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H425v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dobson — primary (person)
- Dollar — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-89 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** 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
- **2018-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** 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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/05/2017
- **2017-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb7ea05-c041-43fd-aa29-382f22c608df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).