---
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).