---
type: "Bill"
title: "Asheville City School Board Appointed/Elections."
description: "Asheville City School Board Appointed/Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "North Carolina HB 400 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASHEVILLE", "BOARDS", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher", "Turner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-11-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83801fb8-bed5-4886-bbcc-784ded4453cc"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H400"
source_hash: "794d945d1e964689bfc87c32aa7baff69540e8b05f1c54c2332fe13ea328e6a0"
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 400 (2021) — Asheville City School Board Appointed/Elections.

## 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/H400v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H400v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30** Ch. SL 2021-187 `became-law`
- **2021-11-30** Ratified
- **2021-11-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-11-29** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-11-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-11-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-11-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-10-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-04** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **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`
- **2021-08-19** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** 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 Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** 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`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83801fb8-bed5-4886-bbcc-784ded4453cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).