---
type: "Bill"
title: "American Indians Graduating with Honors Act."
description: "American Indians Graduating with Honors Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "North Carolina HB 166 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TRIBES & TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "Gillespie", "Lowery"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df3a07d8-5813-45be-a82d-c7705bd2bd7c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H166"
source_hash: "b4ba2665d78783d1fe75339a78891af1b69e906b1623118fbc52d3cd166834a8"
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 166 (2023) — American Indians Graduating with Honors Act.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H166v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H166v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H166v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H166v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H166v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Lowery — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Buansi — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Longest — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Prather — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- T. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Ch. SL 2023-43 `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Gov. 6/14/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Ratified
- **2023-06-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Ref to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df3a07d8-5813-45be-a82d-c7705bd2bd7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).