---
type: "Bill"
title: "Richmond/Right-of-Way Safety."
description: "Richmond/Right-of-Way Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "North Carolina SB 217 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "WEAPONS", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "RICHMOND COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18ed60e7-9555-497c-a7a6-e90032714d59"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S217&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09cd17eb5df8b2d481778f116cceacda9585972a912e53e689f7d64ae6ab6f51"
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 SB 217 (2017) — Richmond/Right-of-Way Safety.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S217v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATY-45-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4858/0/S217-ATY-45-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v3.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- For Adoption Conference Report — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** Ch. SL 2017-77 `became-law`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-26** Fail Concur In H Amend S217v1
- **2017-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Serial Referral To Wildlife Resources Added
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-16** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18ed60e7-9555-497c-a7a6-e90032714d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).