---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Guard Education Assistance Changes."
description: "National Guard Education Assistance Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 486"
citation: "North Carolina HB 486 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "CEMETERIES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "UNC", "VETERANS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "GOLDSBORO", "WAYNE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD", "MILITARY AFFAIRS DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e66d7fb0-ec35-486e-9bf6-0996f004a517"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H486&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bf06488f53c8e4890a00bdd891b7864e65c868e091ee0ede32872329ae655bb5"
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 486 (2017) — National Guard Education Assistance Changes.

## 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/H486v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALM-18-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5080/0/H486-ALM-18-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H486v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H486v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H486v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H486v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H486v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- W. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-155 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **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
- **2017-06-27** Engrossed
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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`
- **2017-05-24** 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 Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Re-ref Com On Education - Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Education - Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e66d7fb0-ec35-486e-9bf6-0996f004a517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).