---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Law Examiners/Update Expense Law."
description: "Board of Law Examiners/Update Expense Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "North Carolina HB 77 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "LAW EXAMINERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b116827-c065-4aa7-be31-1903d2b3f251"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H77&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a3d2b7b6442b445b357d7ee63b8095321aec9a019ddc5265c73bc2cf476b68e7"
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 77 (2013) — Board of Law Examiners/Update Expense Law.

## 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/H77v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H77v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H77v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H77v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-13** Ch. SL 2013-9 `became-law`
- **2013-03-13** Signed by Gov. 3/13/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-05** Pres. To Gov. 3/5/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-04** Ratified
- **2013-02-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Rec From House
- **2013-02-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-14** Postponed To 02/19/2013
- **2013-02-13** Placed On Cal For 02/14/2013
- **2013-02-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b116827-c065-4aa7-be31-1903d2b3f251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).