North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee 13 D cosponsors

HB 708 — Clarify Felony/Voting Without Rights Restored.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 708 has been updated by adding the names of additional sponsors, specifically Representatives Everitt and T. Brown, which indicates broader support for the legislation. Additionally, the reference to an earlier bill draft is removed, simplifying the documentation. These changes are significant as they show growing consensus among lawmakers and clarify the bill's current status, making it easier for the public to follow its progress.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 1 HOUSE BILL 708 Short Title:
708 Apr 18, 2023 SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH10342-LU-136 Short Title:
Representative Everitt.
Representatives Everitt and T.
Brown (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO DECLARE IT A FELONY WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME VOTES IN AN ELECTION WITHOUT HAVING BEEN RESTORED THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 19, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO DECLARE IT A FELONY WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME VOTES IN AN ELECTION WITHOUT HAVING BEEN RESTORED THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
*DRH10342-LU-136*
*H708-v-1*
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  3. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Everitt

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Second Reading

Passed 84 Yea · 28 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 11100
Unaffiliated 572006
Republican 14702
U 1000
Total 832808
% of votes cast 70%24%0%7%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Avila — Yea
Bishop — Nay
Dobson — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Not Voting
Floyd — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Gill — Yea
Hurley — Nay
L.Bell — Yea
C.Graham — Yea
G.Graham — Yea
D.Hall — Yea
L.Hall — Yea
Jackson — Yea
R.Johnson — Yea
G.Martin — Yea
R.Moore — Yea
Queen — Yea
B.Richardson — Yea
B.Turner — Yea
Brawley — Yea
R.Brown — Yea
Boles — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Daughtry — Yea
Dollar — Yea
Earle — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Glazier — Yea
Goodman — Yea
Hanes — Yea
Holley — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Insko — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Luebke — Yea
Salmon — Yea
Terry — Yea
L.Johnson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Malone — Yea
S.Martin — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
J.Bell — Nay
B.Brown — Nay
T.Moore(Speaker) — Not Voting
Baskerville — Nay
Bradford — Nay
Bryan — Nay
Bumgardner — Nay
Burr — Nay
Catlin — Not Voting
Cleveland — Nay
Collins — Nay
Elmore — Nay
Hager — Nay
Hamilton — Not Voting
Hardister — Yea
Holloway — Nay
Horn — Yea
Jeter — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Langdon — Yea
McElraft — Nay
McNeill — Yea
Michaux — Not Voting
Pendleton — Yea
Presnell — Nay
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Stam — Nay
Szoka — Yea
West — Nay
Yarborough — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McGrady — Yea
Millis — Nay
Schaffer — Not Voting
Steinburg — Yea
Whitmire — Nay
Wray — Yea
Zachary — Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Carl Ford Republican Nay
Dean Arp Republican Nay
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Not Voting
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Nay
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Nay
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Nay
Mark Brody Republican Nay
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Nay
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea

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A00R2____pass

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46000
Republican 3000
Democratic 1000
Total 50000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Albertson, Charles W. — Yea
Allran, Austin M. — Yea
Ballance, Jr., Frank W. — Yea
Ballantine, Patrick J. — Yea
Basnight, Marc — Yea
Carpenter, Robert C. — Yea
Carrington, John — Yea
Carter, Charles — Yea
Clodfelter, Daniel G. — Yea
Cochrane, Betsy L. — Yea
Cooper Iii, Roy A. — Yea
Dalton, Walter — Yea
Dannelly, Charlie Smith — Yea
East, Don W. — Yea
Forrester, James — Yea
Foxx, Virginia — Yea
Garrou, Linda — Yea
Garwood, John A. — Yea
Gulley, Wib — Yea
Hagan, Kay — Yea
Harris, Oscar — Yea
Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. — Yea
Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. — Yea
Hoyle, David W. — Yea
Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry — Yea
Kerr, John H. — Yea
Kinnaird, Ellie — Yea
Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins — Yea
Martin, R. L. — Yea
Martin, William N. — Yea
Metcalf, Steve — Yea
Moore, Ken — Yea
Odom, T. L. — Yea
Perdue, Beverly M. — Yea
Phillips, Sr., Jim — Yea
Plyler, Aaron W. — Yea
Purcell, William R. — Yea
Rand, Anthony E. — Yea
Reeves, Eric Miller — Yea
Rucho, Robert A. — Yea
Shaw, Robert G. — Yea
Shaw, Larry — Yea
Soles, Jr., R. C. — Yea
Webster, Hugh — Yea
Weinstein, David — Yea
Wellons, Allen H. — Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea

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A00R3____pass

Passed 109 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Unaffiliated 970010
Democratic 2000
U 1000
Total 1090010
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Allen, Gordon P. — Yea
Allred, Cary — Yea
Arnold, Gene — Yea
Baddour, Philip A., Jr. — Yea
Baker, Rex — Yea
Barbee, Bobby — Yea
Barefoot, Daniel W. — Yea
Berry, Cherie — Not Voting
Black, Jim (Speaker) — Yea
Bonner, Donald A. — Yea
Bowie, Joanne — Yea
Braswell, Jerry — Yea
Bridgeman, John — Yea
Brown, John — Yea
Brubaker, Harold J. — Yea
Buchanan, Monroe — Yea
Cansler, Lanier — Yea
Capps, Russell — Yea
Carpenter, Jim — Yea
Church, Walter — Yea
Clary, Debbie — Yea
Cole, E. Nelson — Yea
Cox, A. Leslie — Yea
Creech, Billy — Not Voting
Culp, Arlie — Yea
Culpepper, Bill — Yea
Daughtry, Leo — Yea
Decker, Michael P. — Yea
Dedmon, Andrew T. — Yea
Dockham, Jerry — Yea
Earle, Beverly — Yea
Easterling, Ruth — Yea
Edwards, Zeno L. — Yea
Ellis, Sam — Yea
Esposito, Theresa — Yea
Fitch, Jr., Toby — Not Voting
Fox, Stan — Yea
Gardner, Charlotte — Yea
Gibson, Pryor A. — Yea
Grady, Robert — Yea
Gray, Lyons — Yea
Gulley, Jim — Yea
Hackney, Joe — Yea
Haire, R. Phillip — Yea
Hardaway, Thomas C. — Yea
Hensley, Robert — Yea
Hiatt, Bill — Yea
Hill, Dewey — Yea
Holmes, George M. — Yea
Horn, W. James — Yea
Hunter, Howard — Not Voting
Hurley, Bill — Yea
Insko, Verla C. — Yea
Jarrell, Mary L. — Yea
Jeffus, Margaret M. — Yea
Justus, Larry — Yea
Kinney, Theodore J. — Yea
Kiser, Joe — Yea
Luebke, Paul — Yea
Mcallister, Mary — Yea
Mccomas, Danny — Yea
Mccombs, Gene — Yea
Mccrary, Paul — Yea
Mclawhorn, Marian N. — Yea
Mcmahan, Ed — Yea
Melton, O. Max — Yea
Michaux, Jr., Mickey — Yea
Miner, David — Not Voting
Mitchell, William F. — Yea
Moore, Richard L. — Yea
Morgan, Richard T. — Not Voting
Morris, Amelia A. H. — Yea
Mosley, Jane H. — Yea
Nesbitt, Martin L., Jr. — Yea
Nye, Edd — Yea
Oldham, Warren C. — Yea
Owens, Jr., William C. — Yea
Pope, Art — Yea
Preston, Jean R. — Yea
Ramsey, Liston B. — Yea
Rayfield, John M. — Yea
Redwine, E. David — Yea
Rogers, Richard E. — Yea
Russell, Carolyn B. — Not Voting
Saunders, Drew P. — Yea
Sexton, Paul W. — Yea
Sherrill, Wilma M. — Yea
Starnes, Edgar V. — Yea
Sutton, Ronnie N. — Yea
Tallent, Timothy N. — Not Voting
Teague, W. B. — Yea
Thomas, Scott E. — Yea
Thompson, Gregory J. — Yea
Tolson, Joe — Yea
Tucker, Russell E. — Yea
Wainwright, William L. — Yea
Walend, Trudi — Not Voting
Warner, Alex — Yea
Warwick, Nurham O. — Yea
Wilson, Constance K. — Yea
Wilson, William Eugene — Yea
Womble, Larry W. — Yea
Wood, Stephen W. — Yea
Wright, Thomas E. — Not Voting
Yongue, Douglas Y. — Yea
D. Davis — Yea
R. Smith — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea

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A01R2____pass

Passed 110 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Unaffiliated 98009
Democratic 2000
U 1000
Total 110009
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Allen, Gordon P. — Yea
Allred, Cary — Yea
Arnold, Gene — Yea
Baddour, Philip A., Jr. — Yea
Baker, Rex — Yea
Barbee, Bobby — Yea
Barefoot, Daniel W. — Yea
Berry, Cherie — Not Voting
Black, Jim (Speaker) — Yea
Bonner, Donald A. — Yea
Bowie, Joanne — Yea
Braswell, Jerry — Yea
Bridgeman, John — Yea
Brown, John — Yea
Brubaker, Harold J. — Not Voting
Buchanan, Monroe — Yea
Cansler, Lanier — Yea
Capps, Russell — Yea
Carpenter, Jim — Yea
Church, Walter — Yea
Clary, Debbie — Yea
Cole, E. Nelson — Yea
Cox, A. Leslie — Yea
Creech, Billy — Yea
Culp, Arlie — Yea
Culpepper, Bill — Yea
Daughtry, Leo — Yea
Decker, Michael P. — Yea
Dedmon, Andrew T. — Yea
Dockham, Jerry — Yea
Earle, Beverly — Yea
Easterling, Ruth — Yea
Edwards, Zeno L. — Yea
Ellis, Sam — Yea
Esposito, Theresa — Yea
Fitch, Jr., Toby — Not Voting
Fox, Stan — Yea
Gardner, Charlotte — Yea
Gibson, Pryor A. — Yea
Grady, Robert — Yea
Gray, Lyons — Yea
Gulley, Jim — Yea
Hackney, Joe — Yea
Haire, R. Phillip — Yea
Hardaway, Thomas C. — Yea
Hensley, Robert — Yea
Hiatt, Bill — Yea
Hill, Dewey — Yea
Holmes, George M. — Yea
Horn, W. James — Yea
Hunter, Howard — Yea
Hurley, Bill — Yea
Insko, Verla C. — Yea
Jarrell, Mary L. — Yea
Jeffus, Margaret M. — Yea
Justus, Larry — Yea
Kinney, Theodore J. — Yea
Kiser, Joe — Yea
Luebke, Paul — Not Voting
Mcallister, Mary — Yea
Mccomas, Danny — Yea
Mccombs, Gene — Yea
Mccrary, Paul — Yea
Mclawhorn, Marian N. — Yea
Mcmahan, Ed — Yea
Melton, O. Max — Not Voting
Michaux, Jr., Mickey — Yea
Miner, David — Not Voting
Mitchell, William F. — Yea
Moore, Richard L. — Yea
Morgan, Richard T. — Yea
Morris, Amelia A. H. — Yea
Mosley, Jane H. — Yea
Nesbitt, Martin L., Jr. — Yea
Nye, Edd — Yea
Oldham, Warren C. — Yea
Owens, Jr., William C. — Yea
Pope, Art — Yea
Preston, Jean R. — Yea
Ramsey, Liston B. — Yea
Rayfield, John M. — Yea
Redwine, E. David — Yea
Rogers, Richard E. — Yea
Russell, Carolyn B. — Yea
Saunders, Drew P. — Yea
Sexton, Paul W. — Yea
Sherrill, Wilma M. — Yea
Starnes, Edgar V. — Yea
Sutton, Ronnie N. — Yea
Tallent, Timothy N. — Not Voting
Teague, W. B. — Yea
Thomas, Scott E. — Yea
Thompson, Gregory J. — Yea
Tolson, Joe — Yea
Tucker, Russell E. — Yea
Wainwright, William L. — Yea
Walend, Trudi — Not Voting
Warner, Alex — Yea
Warwick, Nurham O. — Yea
Wilson, Constance K. — Yea
Wilson, William Eugene — Yea
Womble, Larry W. — Yea
Wood, Stephen W. — Yea
Wright, Thomas E. — Yea
Yongue, Douglas Y. — Yea
D. Davis — Yea
R. Smith — Not Voting
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 708?
HB 708 is sponsored by Everitt, Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Autry, Amber M. Baker (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Allen Buansi (Democratic), Maria Cervania (Democratic), Allison A. Dahle (Democratic), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Tim Longest (Democratic), Lucas, Marcia Morey (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), and Renée A. Price (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 708?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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