---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Gregory McGuire/Special SC Judge."
description: "Confirm Gregory McGuire/Special SC Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HJR 977"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 977 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-26"
last_action: "2016-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6fffa1c-0669-4b54-bc3f-374286dd7878"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H977&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "99d8ff9c5b888d0681094fac02e191eb1e942cbb9bc335e5231e88e4dcfa9d09"
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 977 (2015) — Confirm Gregory McGuire/Special SC Judge.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H977v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H977v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2016-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H977v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-16** Ch. Res 2016-13 `became-law`
- **2016-06-16** Ratified
- **2016-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-13** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-04-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-27** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2016
- **2016-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6fffa1c-0669-4b54-bc3f-374286dd7878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).