---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital Learning Competencies/School Emp'ees."
description: "Digital Learning Competencies/School Emp'ees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "North Carolina HB 23 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horn", "Johnson", "Saine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11c21df7-5707-4135-877f-dd4155cee09c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H23&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bc79fac4fbdf9b02522527a80478741ef64a50eaf1a41fa2ce340b1efdb05065"
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 23 (2013) — Digital Learning Competencies/School Emp'ees.

## 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/H23v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H23v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H23v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H23v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H23v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H23v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horn — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-15** Ch. SL 2013-11 `became-law`
- **2013-03-15** Signed by Gov. 3/15/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-14** Pres. To Gov. 3/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-13** Ratified
- **2013-03-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-03-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-12** Added to Calendar
- **2013-03-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-12** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-18** Rec From House
- **2013-02-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** Placed On Cal For 02/14/2013
- **2013-02-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11c21df7-5707-4135-877f-dd4155cee09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).