---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Computer Equipment/Buy Refurbished."
description: "State Computer Equipment/Buy Refurbished."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "North Carolina HB 289 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horn", "Saine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb8f33a5-e249-4b32-a4d1-f60f027b5580"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H289&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fdcc8eb2fd339b0c047fd81bbfd42afdd44492eee6190045608f90bfc2e42812"
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 289 (2013) — State Computer Equipment/Buy Refurbished.

## 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/H289v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H289v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H289v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H289v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horn — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-128 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Rec From House
- **2013-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2013
- **2013-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb8f33a5-e249-4b32-a4d1-f60f027b5580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).