---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Election Day Service - Retired LEOs."
description: "Allow Election Day Service - Retired LEOs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "North Carolina HB 9 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478a67bc-14b1-4ccf-9bf9-4c5b7c867347"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H9&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "87d55a13530c0e2d34e1bbc2b83454f085a63952e938b4451af4488f1acc5c63"
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 9 (2017) — Allow Election Day Service - Retired LEOs.

## 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/H9v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H9v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H9v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H9v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H9v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-25 `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`
- **2018-06-13** 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`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Placed On Cal For 03/06/2017
- **2017-03-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-01-26** Ref To Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478a67bc-14b1-4ccf-9bf9-4c5b7c867347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).