---
type: "Bill"
title: "Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards."
description: "Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "North Carolina SB 253 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "CARTERET COUNTY", "BEAUFORT COUNTY", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "MADISON COUNTY", "HYDE COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "YANCEY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae284981-c032-401f-90a0-ec86a7e7b1e3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S253&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "170b1549424ba0ed0a37dfa4cc32bee79c431bace8c03648753012b85bec2033"
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 SB 253 (2017) — Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S253v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S253v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S253v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S253v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S253v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **69–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** Ch. SL 2017-78 `became-law`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-22** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2017
- **2017-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2017
- **2017-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Sequential Referral To State and Local Government Stricken
- **2017-03-22** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae284981-c032-401f-90a0-ec86a7e7b1e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).