---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Carolina School Bus Safety Act."
description: "North Carolina School Bus Safety Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 428"
citation: "North Carolina HB 428 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SENTENCING", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-26"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e66de65-8b23-48c3-bf6f-d8414a57e062"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H428&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7516e95c72e047c9b00877dea589a3de5db7f6922f8a72f7d53b102e99b984e4"
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 428 (2013) — North Carolina School Bus Safety Act.

## 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/H428v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-63-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6607/0/H428-ARW-63-V-1)
3. **A2: ARW-54-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6631/0/H428-ARW-54-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v5.pdf)
9. **SL2013-293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H428v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanes — primary (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McManus — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-293 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-10** Ratified
- **2013-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-08** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-03** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-02** Engrossed
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2013
- **2013-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2013
- **2013-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Transportation `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`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-03-27** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e66de65-8b23-48c3-bf6f-d8414a57e062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).