---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual Currency Changes."
description: "Virtual Currency Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 86"
citation: "North Carolina HB 86 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BANKING COMN.", "BANKS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CURRENCY & COINS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "GOVERNOR", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INVESTMENTS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONER OF BANKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister", "Jordan", "K. Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff51283c-6ca3-4ec8-9cc1-20cbcba6ee94"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H86&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7c2a1fc555e1f06f6e6ed1ea48b3871bb27402d004b644015fda377da1862c78"
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 86 (2017) — Virtual Currency 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/H86v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H86v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H86v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H86v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H86v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-23 `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`
- **2017-06-12** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Ref To Com On Banking `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff51283c-6ca3-4ec8-9cc1-20cbcba6ee94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).