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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Elections Changes."
description: "Judicial Elections Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "North Carolina HB 717 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEYS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "COURTS COMN.", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "JUDGES", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMN.", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "SUPREME COURT", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETOED", "YADKIN COUNTY", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "BLADEN COUNTY", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "DURHAM COUNTY", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "AVERY COUNTY", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY", "CARTERET COUNTY", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "ROBESON COUNTY", "UNION COUNTY", "SCOTLAND COUNTY", "RICHMOND COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "ANSON COUNTY", "HOKE COUNTY", "MOORE COUNTY", "HARNETT COUNTY", "GASTON COUNTY", "CLAY COUNTY", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "BURKE COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "RUTHERFORD COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "WAYNE COUNTY", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "GRAHAM COUNTY", "JACKSON COUNTY", "MADISON COUNTY", "SWAIN COUNTY", "SURRY COUNTY", "PITT COUNTY", "LENOIR COUNTY", "ALEXANDER COUNTY", "WILKES COUNTY", "MITCHELL COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "IREDELL COUNTY", "CRAVEN COUNTY", "PAMLICO COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "DAVIE COUNTY", "GREENE COUNTY", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "DURHAM", "MACON COUNTY", "YANCEY COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "POLK COUNTY", "TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY", "CASWELL COUNTY", "STOKES COUNTY", "ASHE COUNTY", "ALLEGHANY COUNTY", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "CHIEF JUSTICE", "BALLOT ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burr", "Destin Hall", "Stone"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 79
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-10"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b58eb7f-d747-4899-8315-c10a6000adc2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H717&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "525c8071b5e12798e01a9e647ce54471c3d445382131ceec51014eb9e13f5d17"
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 717 (2017) — Judicial Elections Changes.
## 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/H717v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-113-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5879/0/H717-ASA-113-V-3)
3. **A2: ASA-115-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5880/0/H717-ASA-115-V-4)
4. **A4: ABK-59-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5877/0/H717-ABK-59-V-3)
5. **A7: ABK-65-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5888/0/H717-ABK-65-V-2)
6. **A9: ASA-116-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5885/0/H717-ASA-116-V-1)
7. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v1.pdf)
8. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v2.pdf)
9. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v3.pdf)
10. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v4.pdf)
11. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v5.pdf)
12. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v6.pdf)
13. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v7.pdf)
14. **Edition 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v8.pdf)
15. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v9.pdf)
16. **SL 2018-121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H717v10.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion 11 Veto Override — **3016** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **7445** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Burr — primary (person)
- Destin Hall — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-28** Ch. SL 2018-121 `became-law`
- **2018-06-28** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2018
- **2018-06-27** Veto Received From House
- **2018-06-27** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2018
- **2018-06-25** Received from the Governor
- **2018-06-25** Vetoed 06/25/2018 `executive-veto`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Conf Rept Re-submitted
- **2018-06-15** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2018-06-15** Conf Report #2 Adopted
- **2018-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-15** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
- **2018-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2018
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-12** Conferees Changed
- **2018-06-11** Conf Com Appointed
- **2018-06-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2018-06-07** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2018-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2018
- **2018-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-06** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-06** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-05** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-31** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-10-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-10-09** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-10-05** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-10-05** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-10-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Failed A11 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-10-05** Amendment Withdrawn A10 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Adopted A9 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Failed A8 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Adopted A7 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Failed A6 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-10-05** Amendment Withdrawn A5 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/05/2017
- **2017-10-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-10-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-30** Re-ref Com On House Select Committee on Judicial Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-27** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b58eb7f-d747-4899-8315-c10a6000adc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).