---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act."
description: "Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E3"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2017E3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FEES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HOUSING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PESTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Ager", "Alexander", "Arp", "Autry", "B. Richardson", "B. Turner", "Ball", "Beasley", "Belk", "Black", "Blackwell", "Blust", "Boles", "Boswell", "Bradford", "Brawley", "Brenden Jones", "Brisson", "Brockman", "Brody", "Bumgardner", "Burr", "Butler", "C. Graham", "Carney", "Clampitt", "Cleveland", "Conrad", "Corbin", "Cunningham", "Davis", "Dixon", "Dobson", "Dollar", "Duane Hall", "Dulin", "Elmore", "Faircloth", "Farmer-Butterfield", "Fisher", "Floyd", "Ford", "Fraley", "G. Adcock", "G. Graham", "Garrison", "Gill", "Goodman", "Grange", "Hardister", "Harrison", "Hastings", "Henson", "Holley", "Horn", "Howard", "Hunter", "Hurley", "Iler", "Insko", "J. Adcock", "J. Bell", "Jackson", "John", "Johnson", "Jordan", "K. Hall", "L. Bell", "Lambeth", "Lewis", "Lucas", "Malone", "McElraft", "McGrady", "McNeill", "Meyer", "Morey", "Muller", "Murphy", "Pierce", "Pittman", "Potts", "Presnell", "Quick", "R. Moore", "R. Turner", "Reives", "Riddell", "Ross", "S. Martin", "Saine", "Sauls", "Setzer", "Shepard", "Speciale", "Steinburg", "Stevens", "Stone", "Strickland", "Szoka", "T. Moore", "Terry", "Torbett", "W. Richardson", "Watford", "White", "Willingham", "Wray", "Yarborough"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2018-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc96b9d-237f-4209-98eb-fe6634b4ac4c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E3&BillID=H4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ac9a409ad99e9e4938d97d3cfdec6f47ad0283298b98971bcc83f976b2ba6e9"
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 (2017E3) — Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act.

## 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/2017E3/Bills/House/PDF/H4v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017E3/18/0/H4-A-NBC-2594)
3. **A3: ATC-1-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017E3/20/0/H4-ATC-1-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/House/PDF/H4v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Ager — primary (person)
- Alexander — primary (person)
- Arp — primary (person)
- Autry — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — primary (person)
- B. Turner — primary (person)
- Ball — primary (person)
- Beasley — primary (person)
- Belk — primary (person)
- Black — primary (person)
- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Blust — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Boswell — primary (person)
- Bradford — primary (person)
- Brawley — primary (person)
- Brenden Jones — primary (person)
- Brisson — primary (person)
- Brockman — primary (person)
- Brody — primary (person)
- Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Burr — primary (person)
- Butler — primary (person)
- C. Graham — primary (person)
- Carney — primary (person)
- Clampitt — primary (person)
- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Conrad — primary (person)
- Corbin — primary (person)
- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Dixon — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Dollar — primary (person)
- Duane Hall — primary (person)
- Dulin — primary (person)
- Elmore — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Fisher — primary (person)
- Floyd — primary (person)
- Ford — primary (person)
- Fraley — primary (person)
- G. Adcock — primary (person)
- G. Graham — primary (person)
- Garrison — primary (person)
- Gill — primary (person)
- Goodman — primary (person)
- Grange — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hastings — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holley — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Hurley — primary (person)
- Iler — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- J. Adcock — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- John — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- K. Hall — primary (person)
- L. Bell — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Morey — primary (person)
- Muller — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Pierce — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
- Presnell — primary (person)
- Quick — primary (person)
- R. Moore — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- Reives — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Martin — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Sauls — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Shepard — primary (person)
- Speciale — primary (person)
- Steinburg — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- W. Richardson — primary (person)
- Watford — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Willingham — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-03** Ch. SL 2018-134 `became-law`
- **2018-10-03** Signed by Gov. 10/3/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-02** Pres. To Gov. 10/2/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-02** Ratified
- **2018-10-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-10-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-10-02** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-10-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-02** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-02** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-10-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-02** Added to Calendar
- **2018-10-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-10-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-10-02** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fc96b9d-237f-4209-98eb-fe6634b4ac4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).