---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resid. School Changes."
description: "Resid. School Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 868"
citation: "North Carolina HB 868 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Farmer-Butterfield", "S. Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b67b7a9-5cf5-4cdc-bb28-d0786f0f7387"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H868&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47963ffd52a2ae5f1c44065f266195704a4936d2d514b062ec318c938721f876"
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 868 (2013) — Resid. School Changes.

## 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/H868v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H868v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H868v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H868v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H868v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- S. Martin — primary (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McManus — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-03** Ch. SL 2013-247 `became-law`
- **2013-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-24** Ratified
- **2013-06-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2013
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b67b7a9-5cf5-4cdc-bb28-d0786f0f7387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).