---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Athena Brooks/Special SC Judge."
description: "Confirm Athena Brooks/Special SC Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HJR 1096"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1096 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-25"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f12d099-ad98-4020-9f91-c241664a2cfd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H1096&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e175740bab6f53f6f867a13879fcc1aa465cda774f3b81b54bb68e1238fffa36"
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 HJR 1096 (2017) — Confirm Athena Brooks/Special SC Judge.

## 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/H1096v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2018-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-29** Ch. Res 2018-7 `became-law`
- **2018-06-29** Ratified
- **2018-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2018
- **2018-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2018
- **2018-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-26** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2018-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f12d099-ad98-4020-9f91-c241664a2cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).