---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Vacancy Sunshine Amendment."
description: "Judicial Vacancy Sunshine Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 814"
citation: "North Carolina SB 814 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ATTORNEYS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SUPREME COURT", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf604cd6-8713-46ad-aa3e-8e05386cb493"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S814&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec8e6e97019f328072e07d37c240e5010354b43de32894ea02632913f688cc40"
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 814 (2017) — Judicial Vacancy Sunshine Amendment.

## 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/S814v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A3 Jackson Third Reading — **45–72** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **73–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-28** Ch. SL 2018-118 `became-law`
- **2018-06-28** Ratified
- **2018-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-28** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-28** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-28** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2018
- **2018-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** Ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf604cd6-8713-46ad-aa3e-8e05386cb493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).