---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Access To Career/Technical Ed."
description: "Increase Access To Career/Technical Ed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "North Carolina SB 14 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMPLOYMENT", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Tillman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a481993d-6d4d-489b-bf82-a6bbfa2a8452"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S14&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d02f70a4af7e68be2579f31410835a26c102c0060f152cbe6013fae3dd39cb58"
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 SB 14 (2013) — Increase Access To Career/Technical Ed.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S14v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 12 — **97–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-18** Ch. SL 2013-1 `became-law`
- **2013-02-18** Signed by Gov. 2/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-02-14** Pres. To Gov. 02/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-02-14** Ratified
- **2013-02-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-02-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** Added to Calendar
- **2013-02-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-12** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-11** Rec From Senate
- **2013-02-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a481993d-6d4d-489b-bf82-a6bbfa2a8452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).