---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Contracts/Furniture."
description: "State Contracts/Furniture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "North Carolina HB 449 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "FURNITURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c601fde9-25d9-4a83-9197-eae11746b2b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H449&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f215bdf7a15614fd6c68defe6f9d192c5b7f8a8087d4b49823d79252cea4a725"
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 449 (2013) — State Contracts/Furniture.

## 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/H449v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H449v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H449v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H449v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H449v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-73 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-03** Ratified
- **2013-05-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Rec From House
- **2013-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-17** Placed On Cal For 04/18/2013
- **2013-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c601fde9-25d9-4a83-9197-eae11746b2b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).