---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nat. Guard Reemployment Rights/Definitions."
description: "Nat. Guard Reemployment Rights/Definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "North Carolina HB 487 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48bfe991-5cd2-4391-9320-1cc00598835e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H487&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0bba2a69d674dca53253e249107a5b546ec553725db1d4153c276fb5888fb0cd"
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 487 (2017) — Nat. Guard Reemployment Rights/Definitions.

## 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/H487v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4474/0/H487-A-NBC-1560)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H487v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H487v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H487v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H487v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — 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)
- Steinburg — 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 2017-156 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-26** Fail Concur In S Amend SA1
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-06** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** 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
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-28** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Judiciary I `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/48bfe991-5cd2-4391-9320-1cc00598835e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).