republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2017/hb-128.md

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Bill	Prohibit Drone Use Over Prison/Jail.	Prohibit Drone Use Over Prison/Jail.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2017	HB 128	North Carolina HB 128 (2017)	bill	AIRCRAFT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS CRIMES EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED CHAPTERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT	enacted	McNeill Torbett	9	46	2	2017-02-16	2017-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7d81dda9-7e8a-48fd-a174-25b770bf47cb	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H128&votesToView=all	08b70d2c1fa672f58ffeee28011dcf47519ad2659c2de46677632e9bde8443a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 128 (2017) — Prohibit Drone Use Over Prison/Jail.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Edition 5 (committee substitute) — source
7. Edition 6 (committee substitute) — source
8. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
9. SL 2017-179 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• M11 Concur — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McNeill — primary (person)
• Torbett — primary (person)
• Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
• Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Harrison — cosponsor (person)
• Holley — cosponsor (person)
• Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Reives — cosponsor (person)
• Speciale — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-07-25 Ch. SL 2017-179 became-law
• 2017-07-25 Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 executive-signature
• 2017-06-28 Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-06-28 Ratified
• 2017-06-28 Ordered Enrolled
• 2017-06-28 Concurred In S/Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2017-06-27 Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
• 2017-06-27 Cal Pursuant 36(b)
• 2017-06-27 Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
• 2017-06-27 Special Message Sent To House
• 2017-06-27 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-27 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2017-06-26 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-20 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2017-06-20 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-14 Re-ref Com On Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2017-06-14 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-01 Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-06-01 Withdrawn From Com
• 2017-04-10 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-04-10 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-10 Regular Message Received From House
• 2017-04-06 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2017-04-06 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-05 Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
• 2017-04-05 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2017-04-04 Placed On Cal For 04/05/2017
• 2017-04-04 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2017-04-04 Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-28 Re-ref Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2017-03-23 Placed On Cal For 03/28/2017
• 2017-03-23 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2017-03-22 Placed On Cal For 03/23/2017
• 2017-03-22 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2017-03-21 Placed On Cal For 03/22/2017
• 2017-03-21 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2017-03-21 Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-07 Re-ref Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-20 Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-16 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d81dda9-7e8a-48fd-a174-25b770bf47cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).