---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit Use of Highway Fund Credit Balance."
description: "Limit Use of Highway Fund Credit Balance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "North Carolina HB 157 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUELS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FUEL", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "HIGHWAY FUND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Brown", "Dobson", "Jeter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063af2a9-5149-403d-bb03-a5636364df5f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H157&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c52ca0b1500b6ea7932696c6337679a82a0f055f287bc1b9aba43ffa737c111"
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 157 (2013) — Limit Use of Highway Fund Credit Balance.

## 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/H157v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H157v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H157v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H157v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H157v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Brown — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Jeter — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- S. Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-125 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-12** Ratified
- **2013-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-29** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/063af2a9-5149-403d-bb03-a5636364df5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).