---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Changes to Charter School Laws."
description: "Various Changes to Charter School Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 800"
citation: "North Carolina HB 800 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford", "Saine", "Stone"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a15f1a-ef06-4f82-a473-5b2e234509de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H800&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67efcbff7b9247754be8bc23507fb7722a74e40103817c85a8a1de7eddd9ffb1"
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 800 (2017) — Various Changes to Charter School Laws.

## 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/H800v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-55-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/3987/0/H800-ATC-55-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H800v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **85–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-173 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **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 Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2017-04-24** Serial Referral To State and Local Government II Stricken
- **2017-04-19** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2017-04-13** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65a15f1a-ef06-4f82-a473-5b2e234509de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).