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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Vacancy Elections - County Commission."
description: "Clarify Vacancy Elections - County Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "North Carolina HB 119 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "AVERY COUNTY", "CARTERET COUNTY", "BEAUFORT COUNTY", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "MOORE COUNTY", "SAMPSON COUNTY", "HARNETT COUNTY", "CLAY COUNTY", "BURKE COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "RUTHERFORD COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "GRAHAM COUNTY", "JACKSON COUNTY", "MADISON COUNTY", "ALEXANDER COUNTY", "HYDE COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "DAVIE COUNTY", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "MACON COUNTY", "YANCEY COUNTY", "POLK COUNTY", "TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "STOKES COUNTY", "ALLEGHANY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3592d39e-388b-4169-92b8-87e6d5ca113e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H119&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3a46121f4050a9085f092f30df28a8376b3d950839dd79877285fc316a53c004"
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 119 (2017) — Clarify Vacancy Elections - County Commission.
## 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/H119v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H119v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H119v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H119v3.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **1161** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-16** Ch. SL 2017-2 `became-law`
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Gov. 3/16/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08** Pres. To Gov. 3/8/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-07** Ratified
- **2017-03-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Placed On Cal For 02/22/2017
- **2017-02-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Ref To Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3592d39e-388b-4169-92b8-87e6d5ca113e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).