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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Change Winston-Salem/Forsyth Election Method."
+description: "Change Winston-Salem/Forsyth Election Method."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "HB 523"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 523 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE", "REP. L. BROWN", "REP. FOLWELL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Folwell", "McGee"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-03-29"
+last_action: "2011-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06a940a-b1b8-4653-b84f-1457731fb345"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H523&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "f1ff7062bf5832d1f03bd8713842adcd1454d29ef9f53d80246cdb55048cdd69"
+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 523 (2011) — Change Winston-Salem/Forsyth Election Method.
+
+## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ALB-66-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/592/0/H523-ALB-66-V-4)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v3.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v4.pdf)
+7. **SL2011-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H523v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **69–48** (pass) · lower
+- A1 Folwell\Second Reading — **99–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Folwell — primary (person)
+- McGee — primary (person)
+- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-06-15** Ch. SL 2011-141 `became-law`
+- **2011-06-15** Ratified
+- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
+- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-18** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-05-18** Rec From House
+- **2011-05-17** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2011-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-05-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2011
+- **2011-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-31** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-29** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b06a940a-b1b8-4653-b84f-1457731fb345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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