---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lease Purchase of Real Property/Comm. Coll."
description: "Lease Purchase of Real Property/Comm. Coll."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "North Carolina HB 754 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "CHAPTERED", "COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded07c5c-15cf-4647-8b1f-e657d494bd93"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H754&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9e145b4ad6c4031395810337fbf7f1fab3154133e4bf9c7e65bf4e44ea75fffb"
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 754 (2013) — Lease Purchase of Real Property/Comm. Coll.

## 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/H754v0.pdf)
2. **1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6371/0/H754-A-NBC-432)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H754v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H754v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H754v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H754v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-310 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-10** Ratified
- **2013-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-09** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-08** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-03** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2013-07-03** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-25** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance `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`
- **2013-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2013
- **2013-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded07c5c-15cf-4647-8b1f-e657d494bd93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).