---
type: "Bill"
title: "State of State."
description: "State of State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HJR 215"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 215 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "COOPER", "ROY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bell", "Lewis", "Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-28"
last_action: "2017-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c00bcc-64c3-49f4-8c3e-b2176eab2843"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H215&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b6d8a75301051e6b0759eaae224a1bc71b4c44348a1e0c83b1a87739d2a3cab"
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 215 (2017) — State of State.

## 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/H215v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H215v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2017-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H215v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- W. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** Ch. Res 2017-2 `became-law`
- **2017-03-09** Ratified
- **2017-03-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-03-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-03-02** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Placed On Cal For 03/02/2017
- **2017-03-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c00bcc-64c3-49f4-8c3e-b2176eab2843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).