---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Nels Roseland, State Controller."
description: "Confirm Nels Roseland, State Controller."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SJR 31"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 31 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "STATE CONTROLLER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d22101b5-053b-4916-8025-77a23c98d6e7"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S31"
source_hash: "a546146ad10560cb5b8bc393b440fec9b10f6fe20dca23080c9323d544f842f8"
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 SJR 31 (2023) — Confirm Nels Roseland, State Controller.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S31v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALG-2-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/351/0/S31-ALG-2-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v2.pdf)
5. **Resolution 2023-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Ch. Res 2023-2 `became-law`
- **2023-02-09** Ratified
- **2023-02-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-02-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Added to Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Referred To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- **2023-02-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2023-02-07** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-02-07** Engrossed
- **2023-02-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-01-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d22101b5-053b-4916-8025-77a23c98d6e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).