---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guilford and Stanly Election Systems."
description: "Guilford and Stanly Election Systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "North Carolina SB 317 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "STANLY COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1e0d0a0-d25d-4a45-8c7a-37356ec3722f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S317&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "397f8cd95b1731dd43fb1906d86f8d57b7ef77af22baa097540e5f24a5aec977"
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 317 (2013) — Guilford and Stanly Election Systems.

## 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/S317v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-146-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7297/0/S317-AST-146-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **63–37** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **30–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-26** Ch. SL 2013-361 `became-law`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-25** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-25** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Ref To Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Ref To Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1e0d0a0-d25d-4a45-8c7a-37356ec3722f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).