---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disaster Recovery Act of 2017."
description: "Disaster Recovery Act of 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "North Carolina SB 338 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEYS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FUNDING", "GOVERNOR", "HOUSING", "HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "TRANSPORTATION", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "FAIR BLUFF", "CHAPTERED", "GOLDEN L.E.A.F", "INC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Meredith"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd758bb-7a21-43fb-93ce-ea46dcc0fb3b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S338&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5835c97b694536ecf1cf609f47b7ca71482fccb825e56e192f3eef99d48f6ec4"
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 338 (2017) — Disaster Recovery Act of 2017.

## 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/S338v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-34-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5138/0/S338-AMM-34-V-4)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4036/0/S338-A-NBC-1515)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S338v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Meredith — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-18** Ch. SL 2017-119 `became-law`
- **2017-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 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`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dd758bb-7a21-43fb-93ce-ea46dcc0fb3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).