---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury Instructions for School Budget Dispute."
description: "Jury Instructions for School Budget Dispute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 765"
citation: "North Carolina HB 765 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "COURTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "JURIES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0912f75a-532c-4886-8427-eff542680d73"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H765&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9a2fd1698a18d290291196b75ea3de9e74b3372358e9f260e2c83b7ce7b12f2"
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 765 (2013) — Jury Instructions for School Budget Dispute.

## 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/H765v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H765v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H765v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H765v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H765v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H765v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-141 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee A `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/0912f75a-532c-4886-8427-eff542680d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).