---
type: "Bill"
title: "Innocence Inquiry Commission Provisions."
description: "Innocence Inquiry Commission Provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 790"
citation: "North Carolina HB 790 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "INMATES", "INNOCENCE INQUIRY COMN.", "INVESTIGATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/059e71aa-953e-4536-88ef-bcf9ed691071"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H790"
source_hash: "8614d50b775706a70c656c10fe9c4cd0e3325db1149832726f8374bcc1d1fa39"
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 790 (2023) — Innocence Inquiry Commission Provisions.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-81-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6456/0/H790-ACE-81-V-4)
3. **A1: ACI-15-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5570/0/H790-ACI-15-V-5)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2023-74** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H790v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** Ch. SL 2023-74 `became-law`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-22** Engrossed
- **2023-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/059e71aa-953e-4536-88ef-bcf9ed691071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).