---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts/Procedure and Fee Amendments.-AB"
description: "Courts/Procedure and Fee Amendments.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "North Carolina HB 343 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SUPPORT", "COUNTIES", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "DEEDS", "FEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MINORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "SESSION LAWS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dde2da1-75b9-4415-9b16-d9b8f5c22e12"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H343&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b1330ec70ba77a48b5404c15a0d7ee53b4cd8130f7d8935a3729b2cd3d490567"
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 343 (2013) — Courts/Procedure and Fee Amendments.-AB

## 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/H343v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v5.pdf)
7. **SL2013-225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H343v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-30** Ch. SL 2013-225 `became-law`
- **2013-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-27** Ratified
- **2013-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From House
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee A, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dde2da1-75b9-4415-9b16-d9b8f5c22e12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).