---
type: "Bill"
title: "City Elections/Trinity and Greensboro."
description: "City Elections/Trinity and Greensboro."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "North Carolina HB 263 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CENSUS", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CITY MANAGERS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "TRINITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91bc5bfb-26ee-4fc3-9c3a-75c0afee193d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H263&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0190fabbd9ec88eb81da98a9a3040daa60ead46c977474546390d903eaf406c"
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 263 (2015) — City Elections/Trinity and Greensboro.

## 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/H263v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H263v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H263v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H263v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H263v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **57–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-02** Ch. SL 2015-138 `became-law`
- **2015-07-02** Ratified
- **2015-07-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-07-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-07-02** Conf Rpt Recon
- **2015-07-02** Conf Report Failed
- **2015-07-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-07-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2015
- **2015-07-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-06-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-29** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2015
- **2015-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2015
- **2015-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2015
- **2015-06-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-06-16** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-06-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-11** Divide Ques. FAILS
- **2015-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-06** Re-ref Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-31** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-30** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-03-26** Placed On Cal For 03/30/2015
- **2015-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91bc5bfb-26ee-4fc3-9c3a-75c0afee193d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).