North Carolina · House Bill 708 · 2023-2024 Session

Clarify Felony/Voting Without Rights Restored.

HB 708 Sponsored by Terence Everitt and Terry M. Brown Jr. Died in committee

  1. Introduced Apr 18, 2023
  2. In committee Apr 19, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HousePassed 1st Reading
  3. CommitteeRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House · House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 14 Democrats.

All 14 cosponsors

From North Carolina's official records (ncleg.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.