---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lexington City Bd. of Ed./City Council."
description: "Lexington City Bd. of Ed./City Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "North Carolina HB 447 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "LEXINGTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potts"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3115b4-7890-4714-9e44-ca2c4395cc8b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H447&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "648c22600c2f04f4b0024582c9a230acbb761fae957c5e40fd41850327165749"
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 447 (2017) — Lexington City Bd. of Ed./City Council.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-59-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4923/0/H447-AST-59-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H447v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Potts — primary (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-61 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-26** Engrossed
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3115b4-7890-4714-9e44-ca2c4395cc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).