---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot Designations/Referenda."
description: "Ballot Designations/Referenda."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E1"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2017E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VETOED", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "BALLOT ISSUES", "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burr", "J. Bell", "Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-07-24"
last_action: "2018-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3152442b-7520-4def-b27b-3b0d1f5274fb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E1&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cad1400ab542af7ff3522b07aa22935c424fda5d71eaeaa3cde9cfbd6872322"
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 HB 3 (2017E1) — Ballot Designations/Referenda.

## 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/2017E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **70–39** (pass) · lower
- Motion 11 Veto Override — **28–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burr — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Muller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-04** Ch. SL 2018-131 `became-law`
- **2018-08-04** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-08-04** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-08-04** Veto Received from the House
- **2018-08-04** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-07-30** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2018
- **2018-07-27** Received from the Governor
- **2018-07-27** Vetoed 07/27/2018 `executive-veto`
- **2018-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-24** Ratified
- **2018-07-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-07-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-24** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-24** Ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-07-24** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-07-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-07-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-24** Added to Calendar
- **2018-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-07-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3152442b-7520-4def-b27b-3b0d1f5274fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).