---
type: "Bill"
title: "Duplin County Boards of Comms. and Educ."
description: "Duplin County Boards of Comms. and Educ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 870"
citation: "North Carolina HB 870 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e5a4c9-d7ab-4026-9bba-e325aa400695"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H870&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9e5fb7aa06fd9b2633dc824a9176c6c475e2b3e39b0f8987c541be4bcec9ac42"
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 870 (2013) — Duplin County Boards of Comms. and Educ.

## 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/H870v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-11-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4969/0/H870-AMM-11-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H870v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Fulghum — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-320 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Ratified
- **2013-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-13** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From House
- **2013-05-09** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed On Cal For 05/09/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee A `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/d9e5a4c9-d7ab-4026-9bba-e325aa400695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).