---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Clarifying Changes."
description: "Various Clarifying Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "North Carolina HB 770 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPROPRIATIONS", "AQUACULTURE", "ATTORNEYS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEQ", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "EROSION", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FORECLOSURES", "FUNDING", "GAMING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GRANTS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOTTERY", "MARINE FISHERIES COMN.", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY TAX COMN.", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REPORTING", "RETAILING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOILS", "SPEAKER", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "STORAGE TANKS", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRUSTS", "VETOED", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "DARE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "LMES", "PER DIEM & MILEAGE", "REMEDIATION & CLEANUP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hall"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65dc628f-617c-4b81-92a0-19f2a9a6d66e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H770&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "486d8e4dd9c0d9048e2f06a063154ac35478f91880794a60fb5966a850a31bc6"
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 770 (2017) — Various Clarifying 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/H770v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-23-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4047/0/H770-ARI-23-V-1)
3. **A1: ARI-86-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5079/0/H770-ARI-86-V-2)
4. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4130/0/H770-A-NBC-1522)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2017-206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H770v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **71–44** (pass) · lower
- Motion 11 Veto Override — **30–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-30** Ch. SL 2017-206 `became-law`
- **2017-08-30** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2017-08-29** Placed On Cal For 08/30/2017
- **2017-08-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/29/2017
- **2017-08-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-08-24** Placed On Cal For 08/25/2017
- **2017-08-24** Veto received from House
- **2017-08-24** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Placed On Cal For 08/24/2017
- **2017-08-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-08-18** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-14** Received from the Governor
- **2017-08-14** Vetoed 08/14/2017 `executive-veto`
- **2017-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-03** Ratified
- **2017-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-08-03** Added to Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-08-03** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Engrossed
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-22** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** 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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Environment `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/65dc628f-617c-4b81-92a0-19f2a9a6d66e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).