---
type: "Bill"
title: "Back to Basics."
description: "Back to Basics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "North Carolina HB 146 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley", "Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0467addb-bcf1-45db-868a-344860ae6a1a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H146&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "06395a08607595af26dbcfca2cf5e76efbd2f007c8f05ff4812392a968588a43"
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 146 (2013) — Back to Basics.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fulghum — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-71 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-03** Ratified
- **2013-05-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-08** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Rec From House
- **2013-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-03** Placed On Cal For 04/04/2013
- **2013-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0467addb-bcf1-45db-868a-344860ae6a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).