---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Declaration/Clarify Rd Closure."
description: "Emergency Declaration/Clarify Rd Closure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 917"
citation: "North Carolina HB 917 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbeafe8-b814-4619-b3c2-381e5db87aa5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H917&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a6c48f8658ea0a84be51d194d7bb53fdfe3ac671115d5f59e6bef04ce3882970"
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 917 (2019) — Emergency Declaration/Clarify Rd Closure.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H917v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H917v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H917v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H917v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H917v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-89 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** Ratified
- **2019-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbeafe8-b814-4619-b3c2-381e5db87aa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).