---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Governor's Special Superior Court Judges."
description: "Confirm Governor's Special Superior Court Judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HJR 582"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 582 (2021)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONFIRMATION", "COURTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "SUPERIOR COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92adbdfe-4401-49de-8dbf-e87e8ff87d3c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H582"
source_hash: "9c81cb51aa202f11326729b7cefbdf99cba3ada4ff0aa31cbeb32398c53e01a5"
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 HJR 582 (2021) — Confirm Governor's Special Superior Court Judges.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H582v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H582v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H582v2.pdf)
4. **Resolution 2021-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H582v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** Ch. Res 2021-4 `became-law`
- **2021-05-05** Ratified
- **2021-05-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Placed On Cal For 05/04/2021
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-04-21** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-04-20** Placed On Cal For 04/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92adbdfe-4401-49de-8dbf-e87e8ff87d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).