---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt State Symbols."
description: "Adopt State Symbols."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 830"
citation: "North Carolina HB 830 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "ARTS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "McElraft", "S. Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549bc896-15ee-458c-aea7-884a3cb42079"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H830&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "44f393dc6869e9167c019d010836e8658d534fecc46b1b5ff9258ae16d0c6ad2"
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 830 (2013) — Adopt State Symbols.

## 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/H830v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H830v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H830v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H830v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H830v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- S. Martin — primary (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-189 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-20** Ratified
- **2013-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-18** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-07** Rec From House
- **2013-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2013
- **2013-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/549bc896-15ee-458c-aea7-884a3cb42079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).