---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpartisan Judicial Merit Commission."
description: "Nonpartisan Judicial Merit Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E2"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2017E2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "CHAPTERED", "JUDICIAL MERIT COMN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a07515-ace4-410d-acd8-94738149a7d8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E2&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0567575bfa9a32a00f30967c483945749c6084e070f7bc32d65ed4e42c6701a5"
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 (2017E2) — Nonpartisan Judicial Merit Commission.

## 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/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H3v0.pdf)
2. **A2: AST-5-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017E2/19/0/H3-AST-5-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **32–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-27** Ch. SL 2018-132 `became-law`
- **2018-08-27** Ratified
- **2018-08-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-08-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-08-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-08-27** Amend Tabled A3
- **2018-08-27** Amend Tabled A2
- **2018-08-27** Amend Tabled A1
- **2018-08-27** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-08-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-08-24** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-08-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-08-24** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-08-24** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-08-24** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-08-24** Added to Calendar
- **2018-08-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a07515-ace4-410d-acd8-94738149a7d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).