---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign Laws/Protect Constitutional Rights."
description: "Foreign Laws/Protect Constitutional Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 522"
citation: "North Carolina HB 522 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICITY", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Jeter", "Pittman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2832de-b8ef-4302-a9f3-cbe088ee224a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H522&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb2f41a402d5ad234fadc237feafbf8fcb9526cdd52276ebc00b738c34eee61d"
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 522 (2013) — Foreign Laws/Protect Constitutional Rights.

## 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/H522v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H522v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H522v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H522v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H522v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H522v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **75–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Jeter — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-26** Ch. SL 2013-416 `became-law`
- **2013-08-26** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-25** Ratified
- **2013-07-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-24** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-22** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Serial Referral To Judiciary Subcommittee B Stricken
- **2013-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-04** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities and Energy, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2832de-b8ef-4302-a9f3-cbe088ee224a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).