---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify LEC Procedures/TC."
description: "Clarify LEC Procedures/TC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "North Carolina SB 156 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMM.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hartsell", "Soucek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ec174f2-7685-4a0b-84a9-55ae2f2ea8b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S156&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b81cdaee5ef03793580daa3d9641947d5f163ce83f2c6f631db27729fe95b73"
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 156 (2013) — Clarify LEC Procedures/TC.

## 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/S156v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — primary (person)
- Soucek — primary (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-146 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 06/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-11** Ratified
- **2013-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-10** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2013
- **2013-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2013
- **2013-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ec174f2-7685-4a0b-84a9-55ae2f2ea8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).