---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Ed Wilson/Special Superior Court Judge."
description: "Confirm Ed Wilson/Special Superior Court Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HJR 175"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 175 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION", "COURTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "JUDGES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "SUPERIOR COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b2c4418-5f72-4801-9fb7-75b1ced85e78"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H175"
source_hash: "d0c53ecf9faf7440bd13ddee030db1a0e9f557ffa29d8826a5d8fed6623f197c"
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 175 (2023) — Confirm Ed Wilson/Special Superior Court Judge.

## 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/H175v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H175v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2023-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H175v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** Ch. Res 2023-4 `became-law`
- **2023-03-20** Ratified
- **2023-03-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Placed On Cal For 03/01/2023
- **2023-02-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b2c4418-5f72-4801-9fb7-75b1ced85e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).