---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Judicial Discipline."
description: "Modify Judicial Discipline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "North Carolina HB 652 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS", "ESTATES", "ETHICS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUDGES", "JUDICIAL STANDARDS COMN.", "MAGISTRATES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ddb7b45-c497-4ec0-80b6-0049eaaf7682"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H652&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "28a7c6bf3ba0894090ad99c5acd1eedd2ee7e9b793504085496469d11233f3a3"
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 652 (2013) — Modify Judicial Discipline.

## 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/H652v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMN-2-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4320/0/H652-AMN-2-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H652v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H652v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H652v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H652v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H652v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **54–47** (pass) · lower
- M8 Re-Refer Judiciary Sub B — **45–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-404 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-26** Placed On Cal For 07/26/2013
- **2013-07-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-07-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-19** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-19** Failed 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Rec From House
- **2013-04-22** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2013
- **2013-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ddb7b45-c497-4ec0-80b6-0049eaaf7682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).