---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend State Contract Review Laws."
description: "Amend State Contract Review Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "North Carolina HB 56 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f444cee9-8a7f-4629-b3c0-4441705f5b9b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H56&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6253f4a69bfc277d590b0fd8ccabed7d7e9a9a0b5f49fcd9741682d7f3d08f71"
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 56 (2013) — Amend State Contract Review Laws.

## 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/H56v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-36-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6181/0/H56-ASV-36-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H56v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- S. Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-03** Ch. SL 2013-234 `became-law`
- **2013-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-26** Ratified
- **2013-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2013
- **2013-06-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-20** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-19** Engrossed
- **2013-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-04** Rec From House
- **2013-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** Placed On Cal For 02/28/2013
- **2013-02-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f444cee9-8a7f-4629-b3c0-4441705f5b9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).