---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bipartisan Ethics and Elections Enforcement."
description: "Bipartisan Ethics and Elections Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 913"
citation: "North Carolina HB 913 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SEPARATION OF POWERS", "SPEAKER", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522bd271-e875-4000-a34a-0b12cc4c651e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H913&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7b76b169228402302886d952e79571e4bd90f914413e5d1a34c96ba1e277a47"
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 913 (2017) — Bipartisan Ethics and Elections Enforcement.

## 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/H913v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H913v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H913v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H913v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H913v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-28** Ch. SL 2018-117 `became-law`
- **2018-06-28** Ratified
- **2018-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-27** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-27** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-27** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-26** Ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-26** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2018
- **2018-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Health Care Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/522bd271-e875-4000-a34a-0b12cc4c651e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).