---
type: "Bill"
title: "Divide School Systems/Study Committee."
description: "Divide School Systems/Study Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 704"
citation: "North Carolina HB 704 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMITTEES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL SCHOOL UNITS STUDY COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brawley", "Malone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-10"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c1adea-b3ba-493d-8f1a-b2bc064ab0a8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H704&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6d19956d8a503b980dcfee30e801da61031be415738a036c98f30cd551936d61"
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 704 (2017) — Divide School Systems/Study Committee.

## 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/H704v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARQ-36-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5239/0/H704-ARQ-36-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H704v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H704v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H704v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **32–10** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **80–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brawley — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-31** Ch. SL 2017-198 `became-law`
- **2017-07-31** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **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** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Fail Concur In S Amend SA1
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8c1adea-b3ba-493d-8f1a-b2bc064ab0a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).