---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts/Multiple Award."
description: "Public Contracts/Multiple Award."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 713"
citation: "North Carolina HB 713 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "CONTRACTS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FORESTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LEWIS", "REP. STAM", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT", "REP. MURRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis", "Stam"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00ca3253-2347-42ac-ad29-a361dc85237d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H713&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0dbe8f4c2332be3d59cf31c1f8b233caf3bb236309782d54be9635e4dd3322e"
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 713 (2011) — Public Contracts/Multiple Award.

## 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/H713v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARN-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/811/0/H713-ARN-10-V-1)
3. **A1: ASB-53-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1150/0/H713-ASB-53-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v6.pdf)
10. **SL2011-360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H713v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-360 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Engrossed
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-02** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00ca3253-2347-42ac-ad29-a361dc85237d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).