---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections."
description: "Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E2"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2017E2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SPEAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82ca2910-3a0c-4a66-96df-b31d0e00cb84"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E2&BillID=H4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "07583b1861da3c0ae39572f5e38f53332e075e6f0f2c255e059ff5904a92898b"
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 4 (2017E2) — Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections.

## 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/H4v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E2/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-27** Ch. SL 2018-133 `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 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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/82ca2910-3a0c-4a66-96df-b31d0e00cb84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).