---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance Technical Changes."
description: "Unemployment Insurance Technical Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "North Carolina HB 5 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Howard", "Warren"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e379cb1-ded4-4d41-87c8-3fa0349453bb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H5&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94ea29fc0512cc0ba2bb3f6e3656d4b6eaf517904a98fb3a172543e6873c5ef0"
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 5 (2017) — Unemployment Insurance Technical 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/H5v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H5v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H5v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H5v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H5v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27** Ch. SL 2017-8 `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Gov. 4/27/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Pres. To Gov. 4/20/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Ratified
- **2017-04-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Placed On Cal For 02/27/2017
- **2017-02-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-23** Ruled Material
- **2017-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-01-26** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e379cb1-ded4-4d41-87c8-3fa0349453bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).