republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2017e3/sb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "2018 Hurricane Florence Disaster Recovery Act."
description: "2018 Hurricane Florence Disaster Recovery Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E3"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "North Carolina SB 3 (2017E3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPROPRIATIONS", "ARMED FORCES", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "BOARDS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "DAY CARE", "DEQ", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FERRIES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HOSPITALS", "HOUSING", "HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MORATORIUMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PESTS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE CONTROLLER", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "HIGHWAY FUND", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD", "LMES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Britt", "Brown", "Clark", "D. Davis", "Fitch", "Lee", "McInnis", "Meredith", "Rabon", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2018-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/537de7b9-0497-423b-b90a-fc49c0ee5e0b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E3&BillID=S3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4668d8d30855e0ad08c6ce2c8b10831e158f9ceecaf02a848674fb29dec85c32"
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 SB 3 (2017E3) — 2018 Hurricane Florence Disaster Recovery Act.

## 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/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AML-3-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017E3/37/0/S3-AML-3-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Britt — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- D. Davis — primary (person)
- Fitch — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Meredith — primary (person)
- Rabon — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Barringer — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-16** Ch. SL 2018-136 `became-law`
- **2018-10-16** Signed by Gov. 10/16/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-16** Pres. To Gov. 10/16/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-15** Ratified
- **2018-10-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-10-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-10-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-15** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-10-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-10-15** Engrossed
- **2018-10-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-10-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-10-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-10-02** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/537de7b9-0497-423b-b90a-fc49c0ee5e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).