---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pitt Co. Bd. of Education."
description: "Pitt Co. Bd. of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "North Carolina HB 523 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "PITT COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50269a37-83fb-48d5-ba6a-f37508a749fd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b34281e6ce4b62bea193e44412c9141c8d8c5b15824f97b4181a6b4d8a9312d5"
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 523 (2013) — Pitt Co. Bd. of Education.

## 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/H523v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-131-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7043/0/H523-AST-131-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H523v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H523v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H523v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H523v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Brown — primary (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-318 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Ratified
- **2013-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-22** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2013-07-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Rec From House
- **2013-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Added to Calendar
- **2013-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Education `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/50269a37-83fb-48d5-ba6a-f37508a749fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).