---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crim. Offense/Vandalize Fire & EMS Equipment."
description: "Crim. Offense/Vandalize Fire & EMS Equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "North Carolina HB 98 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "CHAPTERED", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollar", "Malone", "Wray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023f54de-6a3c-49ef-a45d-230ad72913ac"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H98&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f24403c9a91012bb3eecfc75a2409409e6691672cd48fbff479a0d82cde1e4cc"
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 98 (2017) — Crim. Offense/Vandalize Fire & EMS Equipment.

## 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/H98v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-3-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/980/0/H98-ASA-3-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H98v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H98v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H98v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H98v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dollar — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** Ch. SL 2017-89 `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Ratified
- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** 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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Placed On Cal For 03/02/2017
- **2017-02-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/023f54de-6a3c-49ef-a45d-230ad72913ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).