---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trespass/Eastern Band Cherokee Indians Lands."
description: "Trespass/Eastern Band Cherokee Indians Lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "North Carolina HB 744 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRESPASSING", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a00f4f5-563b-4e99-ac5d-0e9a84fc706b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H744&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0fddfab127316c530d8f654bb7f9373b9193a8d41b3a894917d9772711597985"
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 744 (2017) — Trespass/Eastern Band Cherokee Indians Lands.

## 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/H744v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H744v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H744v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H744v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H744v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H744v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-66 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-13** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-05** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** 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** 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`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Re-ref Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a00f4f5-563b-4e99-ac5d-0e9a84fc706b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).