---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governing Bodies/Collect Unpaid Judgments."
description: "Governing Bodies/Collect Unpaid Judgments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 346"
citation: "North Carolina HB 346 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITY COUNCILS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "JUDGMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Hardister", "Stam"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24781cab-de8e-4211-b6dd-77cde51fd6b6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H346&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a4ec84522b190ac33a2aa7f21d77e2d978afdbb433a5051ace17fe11652aa76a"
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 346 (2013) — Governing Bodies/Collect Unpaid Judgments.

## 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/H346v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALM-2-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3696/0/H346-ALM-2-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v5.pdf)
8. **SL2014-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H346v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-30** Ch. SL 2014-40 `became-law`
- **2014-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-26** Ratified
- **2014-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2014-06-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2014-06-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2014-06-24** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Rec From House
- **2013-04-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2013
- **2013-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `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/24781cab-de8e-4211-b6dd-77cde51fd6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).