---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeless Shelters/Remove Age Limits."
description: "Homeless Shelters/Remove Age Limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 687"
citation: "North Carolina HB 687 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALARM SYSTEMS", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "COUNCILS", "HOMELESS", "HOUSING", "MINORS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SMOKE DETECTORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton", "Hardister"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c1a513-abb2-4273-bad7-72944f3df5fc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H687&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "085b603cbc5140775278123859b7093eff90f0c37558dc71ecb8652e161f9d39"
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 687 (2013) — Homeless Shelters/Remove Age Limits.

## 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/H687v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H687v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H687v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H687v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H687v4.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-77 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-05** Ratified
- **2013-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-08** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-08** Rec From House
- **2013-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2013
- **2013-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** 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/64c1a513-abb2-4273-bad7-72944f3df5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).