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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fair and Nonpartisan Ballot Placement."
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description: "Fair and Nonpartisan Ballot Placement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 496"
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citation: "North Carolina HB 496 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BOARDS", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "JUDGES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "PRIMARIES", "BALLOT ISSUES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-27"
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last_action: "2018-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea75fcf-38ad-42ad-baa1-d853fa240573"
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source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H496&votesToView=all"
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source_hash: "b8c8bed177e2101ba781a63f03df940cd864658e2e21ddc9f0e2916a8fef6df9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina HB 496 (2017) — Fair and Nonpartisan Ballot Placement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H496v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H496v1.pdf)
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3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H496v2.pdf)
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4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H496v3.pdf)
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5. **SL 2018-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H496v4.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- M11 Concur — **80–30** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
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- Potts — cosponsor (person)
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- Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-26** Ch. SL 2018-99 `became-law`
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- **2018-06-26** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
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- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-14** Ratified
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- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2018-06-13** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-13** Added to Calendar
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- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
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- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
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- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
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- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
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- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-25** Added to Calendar
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- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-25** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2017-03-28** Ref To Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-27** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ea75fcf-38ad-42ad-baa1-d853fa240573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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