---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Contract Exception."
description: "Employment Contract Exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 611"
citation: "North Carolina HB 611 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Jones", "Dobson", "Murphy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-05"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9352cff0-f1a1-49c3-9ca2-1c969ce76766"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H611&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eb716df6eaa7333146cb695b08320984840dd6615a46df51374620940743c786"
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 611 (2017) — Employment Contract Exception.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H611v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Jones — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-26 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9352cff0-f1a1-49c3-9ca2-1c969ce76766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).