---
type: "Bill"
title: "Partisan Election/Transylvania Bd. of Ed."
description: "Partisan Election/Transylvania Bd. of Ed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1133 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-18"
last_action: "2016-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff4d56ea-3504-406b-b486-7695bcc58e65"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H1133&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "39bac136bb4ef88bda5c21e1f99adf2f40f9fccf344752c5f876ccdd3f91486b"
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 HB 1133 (2015) — Partisan Election/Transylvania Bd. of 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1133v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1133v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1133v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1133v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **70–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-28** Ch. SL 2016-44 `became-law`
- **2016-06-28** Ratified
- **2016-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-09** Ref To Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Regular Message Received From House
- **2016-06-09** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/08/2016
- **2016-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-19** Ref To Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff4d56ea-3504-406b-b486-7695bcc58e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).