---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABC Elections."
description: "ABC Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "North Carolina HB 779 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GAMING", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOTTERY", "MINORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "LOTTERY FUND", "CHAPTERED", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55baa16e-7cdb-489c-ab7f-ed80d2c72a9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H779&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5dfe19f8c388812231a0b537f95e56694efab8538bd8dd715bee5f7264b4de0c"
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 779 (2017) — ABC Elections.

## 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/H779v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATM-10-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4115/0/H779-ATM-10-V-2)
3. **A2: ARQ-18-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4107/0/H779-ARQ-18-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2018-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H779v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **92–10** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-28 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** 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`
- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** 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** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2017-04-13** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations `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/55baa16e-7cdb-489c-ab7f-ed80d2c72a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).