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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Drone Use Over Prison/Jail."
description: "Prohibit Drone Use Over Prison/Jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "North Carolina HB 128 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "CRIMES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "UNMANNED AIRCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill", "Torbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d81dda9-7e8a-48fd-a174-25b770bf47cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H128&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "08b70d2c1fa672f58ffeee28011dcf47519ad2659c2de46677632e9bde8443a8"
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 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](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v7.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H128v8.pdf)
## Votes
- M11 Concur — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **480** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d81dda9-7e8a-48fd-a174-25b770bf47cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).