---
type: "Bill"
title: "Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election."
description: "Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "North Carolina HB 520 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "UNION COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Brody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/836c0332-6cd2-45bf-a4a6-191a7f50acfa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H520&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "69cc77a0d18b3c28b2e4dadd89814d6426d88a79116e8533db9b438e17d8434a"
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 520 (2017) — Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election.

## 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/H520v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4954/0/H520-A-NBC-1611)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H520v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H520v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H520v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- Amendment 1 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Brody — primary (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-63 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **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`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/836c0332-6cd2-45bf-a4a6-191a7f50acfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).