---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjourn October Session/Reconvene in January."
description: "Adjourn October Session/Reconvene in January."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SJR 696"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 696 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED", "ADJOURNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-05"
last_action: "2017-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a79a032-fca6-4082-82e3-dcc414dcfcff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S696&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6dae7286b34c0b6f89deafdbeae8828471374fc6f91e3be78140022893238978"
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 SJR 696 (2017) — Adjourn October Session/Reconvene in January.

## 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/S696v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S696v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2017-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S696v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **31–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-09** Ch. Res 2017-17 `became-law`
- **2017-10-09** Ratified
- **2017-10-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-10-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-10-05** Added to Calendar
- **2017-10-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-10-05** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2017-10-05** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-10-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-10-05** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-10-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-10-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a79a032-fca6-4082-82e3-dcc414dcfcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).