---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance Prison Security."
description: "Enhance Prison Security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 969"
citation: "North Carolina HB 969 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "REPORTING", "SAFETY", "SBI", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "WORK SAFETY", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-17"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc3d5a1-1d43-4605-a83d-2bf3a11519e2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H969&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5e6f28c372587092db6f15a13e3b3530a05cf2c16f5eba05b6bf9490deeb8119"
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 969 (2017) — Enhance Prison Security.

## 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/H969v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-78-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6864/0/H969-ATT-78-V-3)
3. **A1: ATT-99-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/7181/0/H969-ATT-99-V-1)
4. **A2: ATT-87-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6915/0/H969-ATT-87-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H969v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H969v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H969v3.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H969v4.pdf)
9. **SL 2018-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H969v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Muller — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-67 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc3d5a1-1d43-4605-a83d-2bf3a11519e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).