---
type: "Bill"
title: "State of the State Invitation."
description: "State of the State Invitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HJR 157"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 157 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a757f77b-4805-4b4b-808d-a9791709e58a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H157"
source_hash: "c0e2db62a4e039e5083fe6835367c7cf222984f002248bd2d56ed00f2de51907"
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 157 (2023) — State of the State Invitation.

## 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/H157v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H157v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2023-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H157v2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Prather — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Ch. Res 2023-3 `became-law`
- **2023-03-01** Ratified
- **2023-02-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Placed On Cal For 02/28/2023
- **2023-02-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-02-22** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-02-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Added to Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Cal Pursuant 32
- **2023-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a757f77b-4805-4b4b-808d-a9791709e58a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).