---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte Douglas International Airport."
description: "Charlotte Douglas International Airport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "North Carolina SB 81 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TRANSPORTATION", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "UNION COUNTY", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "NAME CHANGE", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 15
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a5011e-5aea-4dd0-acc9-f4a7e8997a04"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S81&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "98ec0937b7537b69b1d04353419f496ee92a9d0c3be9a51330060104fbcf2631"
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 81 (2013) — Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

## 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/S81v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-116-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6905/0/S81-ALB-116-V-2)
3. **A1: ARB-25-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/1361/0/S81-ARB-25-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v10.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v5.pdf)
10. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v6.pdf)
11. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v7.pdf)
12. **Edition 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v8.pdf)
13. **Edition 9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v9.pdf)
14. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v11.pdf)
15. **SL2013-272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S81v12.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur Second Reading — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur Third Reading — **26–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-272 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Ratified
- **2013-07-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-18** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2013-07-17** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-15** Postponed To 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2013
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-13** Engrossed
- **2013-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Placed On Cal For 03/12/2013
- **2013-03-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-02-28** Placed On Cal For 03/06/2013
- **2013-02-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-02-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a5011e-5aea-4dd0-acc9-f4a7e8997a04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).