---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Certificates of Relief."
description: "Amend Certificates of Relief."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "North Carolina HB 774 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3dcbd5-dd9a-4ba5-977d-b0d895b10033"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H774&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "27c13a1e41634671e8e938abed8060ecd26ed99f245d4797cf16665046e03c87"
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 774 (2017) — Amend Certificates of Relief.

## 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/H774v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-96-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/7170/0/H774-ATT-96-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2018-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H774v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-79 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-15** Engrossed
- **2018-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/0f3dcbd5-dd9a-4ba5-977d-b0d895b10033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).