---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lincoln County Board of Education/Partisan Election."
description: "Lincoln County Board of Education/Partisan Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "North Carolina HB 244 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESIDENCY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "VACANCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96efed5e-3fd7-4cba-af83-becfbe56b715"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H244"
source_hash: "96395fdaec2235afd9e4ac5e16cef6ab0a316eeb866be206373c95583ff685c6"
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 244 (2021) — Lincoln County Board of Education/Partisan Election.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H244v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H244v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H244v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H244v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H244v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-05** Ch. SL 2021-99 `became-law`
- **2021-08-05** Ratified
- **2021-08-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-19** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-26** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96efed5e-3fd7-4cba-af83-becfbe56b715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).