---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC & Comm. College Credit Transfers."
description: "UNC & Comm. College Credit Transfers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 903"
citation: "North Carolina HB 903 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "STUDENTS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e012bd7-bcaa-406f-9e1d-97cdb72df616"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H903&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "360fac582b1cec51cbdfdbbb413d40919e75002a88553fb9b438b8a665d22d76"
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 903 (2013) — UNC & Comm. College Credit Transfers.

## 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/H903v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H903v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H903v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H903v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H903v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fulghum — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-72 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-05** Ratified
- **2013-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-29** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Rec From House
- **2013-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2013
- **2013-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/3e012bd7-bcaa-406f-9e1d-97cdb72df616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).