republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015e4/hb-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Certain Appts/Employment."
description: "Modify Certain Appts/Employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015E4"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "North Carolina HB 17 (2015E4)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MANAGEMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "CHARTER SCHOOLS ADVISORY BOARD", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan", "Horn", "Lewis"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-14"
last_action: "2016-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a40d1b6-1f83-486b-b5f1-626b6f29a513"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015E4&BillID=H17&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c1775b646fe0e68ff4334ec9e6a9ba459375078a3a58d396257a9c3ba063494"
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 17 (2015E4) — Modify Certain Appts/Employment.

## 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/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-1-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/96/0/H17-ASH-1-V-1)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/83/0/H17-A-NBC-1436)
4. **A2: ATC-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/97/0/H17-ATC-8-V-2)
5. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/84/0/H17-A-NBC-1437)
6. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/85/0/H17-A-NBC-1438)
7. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v1.pdf)
8. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v2.pdf)
9. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v3.pdf)
10. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v4.pdf)
11. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v5.pdf)
12. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v6.pdf)
13. **SL 2016-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **61–23** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **24–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-19** Ch. SL 2016-126 `became-law`
- **2016-12-19** Signed by Gov. 12/19/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-12-16** Pres. To Gov. 12/16/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-12-16** Ratified
- **2016-12-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-12-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-16** Added to Calendar
- **2016-12-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-12-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-12-16** Engrossed
- **2016-12-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-12-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-12-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-12-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-12-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-12-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-12-16** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-12-16** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-12-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-12-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2016-12-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-12-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-12-15** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-15** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-12-15** Placed On Cal For 12/15/2016
- **2016-12-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-12-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-12-15** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2016-12-14** Ref to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-12-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a40d1b6-1f83-486b-b5f1-626b6f29a513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).