---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Capital Improvement Projects."
description: "UNC Capital Improvement Projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "North Carolina SB 480 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "WAKE COUNTY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENVILLE", "PITT COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "RALEIGH", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "BOONE", "CULLOWHEE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a7e5e91-ef76-40f3-8604-9d54171e864c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S480&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19e1060882f71537c75ec6166dfebe9f326c82b4c17a94f72a94e7b3d1b97778"
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 480 (2013) — UNC Capital Improvement Projects.

## 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/S480v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMC-39-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6587/0/S480-AMC-39-V-1)
3. **A1: ARK-71-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7023/0/S480-ARK-71-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v6.pdf)
10. **SL2013-394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S480v7.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption — **102–10** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt Third Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-394 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2013-07-24** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2013-07-24** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Ruled Material
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-23** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2013-07-23** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-22** Postponed To 07/23/2013
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-17** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-17** Postponed To 07/18/2013
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-02** Engrossed
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-28** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a7e5e91-ef76-40f3-8604-9d54171e864c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).