---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Date When Primary Elections Held."
description: "Change Date When Primary Elections Held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 655"
citation: "North Carolina SB 655 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "ELECTIONS", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED", "PRIMARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ea09c6-7b43-4ca7-a642-7428cf3d753f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f4092cd51dc7ea5a4288f11f9bb24a52efdfe6a8344b9e766953c89c7a0483f3"
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 655 (2017) — Change Date When Primary Elections Held.

## 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/S655v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4530/0/S655-A-NBC-1566)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **71–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-21 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-13** Ratified
- **2018-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-12** Concurred In H Amend S655v1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/08/2017
- **2017-06-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-06-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-01** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2017
- **2017-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25** 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`
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ea09c6-7b43-4ca7-a642-7428cf3d753f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).