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type: "Bill"
title: "Reduce Court of Appeals to 12 Judges."
description: "Reduce Court of Appeals to 12 Judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "North Carolina HB 239 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY", "COURT OF APPEALS", "COURTS", "JUDGES", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SUPREME COURT", "VETOED", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burr", "Lewis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe9c16c7-5506-4d91-9768-4ed7f57e85ec"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H239&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b99697604c5a9ce7adf4623146f99eeb1c6bfc1ed67f3cb5ea914444daf6bf38"
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 239 (2017) — Reduce Court of Appeals to 12 Judges.
## 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/H239v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H239v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H239v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H239v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H239v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H239v5.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion 11 Veto Override — **3415** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **7344** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Burr — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-26** Ch. SL 2017-7 `became-law`
- **2017-04-26** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Veto Received from House
- **2017-04-26** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2017-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-21** Received from the Governor
- **2017-04-21** Vetoed 04/20/2017 `executive-veto`
- **2017-04-11** Pres. To Gov. 4/11/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-11** Ratified
- **2017-04-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-04-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-11** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-04-11** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-03-09** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Placed On Cal For 03/09/2017
- **2017-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe9c16c7-5506-4d91-9768-4ed7f57e85ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).