---
type: "Bill"
title: "Craven Board of Education/Partisan Electoral Districts."
description: "Craven Board of Education/Partisan Electoral Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEAUFORT", "BOARDS", "CARTERET COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CRAVEN COUNTY", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NEW BERN", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUM & INITIATIVE", "RESIDENCY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d975df-2da2-4c30-9c1a-df3e094e1c87"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H3"
source_hash: "2670ae09ba35f7bdafa7de7721f784e760b8efbb8868639875aa9294a023cec1"
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 3 (2021) — Craven Board of Education/Partisan Electoral Districts.

## 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/H3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H3v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **58–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-09** Ch. SL 2021-140 `became-law`
- **2021-09-09** Ratified
- **2021-09-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-08** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-03** Placed On Cal For 09/08/2021
- **2021-09-03** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-09-01** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-09-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-17** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-20** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Serial Referral To Local Government Stricken
- **2021-01-28** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78d975df-2da2-4c30-9c1a-df3e094e1c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).