---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students."
description: "Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 587"
citation: "North Carolina HB 587 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Holloway", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-04"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a79b36-2f4a-4756-8d8f-e840b36e6ba4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H587&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f64835aeb5a722f7034bc69d7c9ed087b0294bce906b4a7aca2bcd7da5a39893"
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 587 (2013) — Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students.

## 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/H587v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATL-11-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4229/0/H587-ATL-11-V-5)
3. **A1: ATL-29-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5893/0/H587-ATL-29-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v6.pdf)
10. **SL2013-208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H587v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Holloway — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-208 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-18** Ratified
- **2013-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-11** Engrossed
- **2013-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Rec From House
- **2013-04-18** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2013-04-08** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0a79b36-2f4a-4756-8d8f-e840b36e6ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).