---
type: "Bill"
title: "LRC/Strengthen Savings Reserve."
description: "LRC/Strengthen Savings Reserve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "North Carolina HB 7 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Dollar", "McGrady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd47a93-9d20-45b4-a8e3-7634fa7c094a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H7&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f1715415c9441cd7d458ff229b02d230a93a651821e1b78aa824d79fd3e453da"
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 7 (2017) — LRC/Strengthen Savings Reserve.

## 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/H7v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMG-1-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/390/0/H7-AMG-1-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H7v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H7v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H7v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H7v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H7v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Dollar — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13** Ch. SL 2017-5 `became-law`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Gov. 4/13/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pres. To Gov. 4/4/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** Ratified
- **2017-03-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-03-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed On Cal For 03/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-03-28** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-03-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-02-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Placed On Cal For 02/15/2017
- **2017-02-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-02-09** Placed On Cal For 02/14/2017
- **2017-02-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Ref To Com On Appropriations `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/1fd47a93-9d20-45b4-a8e3-7634fa7c094a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).