---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elect Thomasville City Board of Education"
description: "Elect Thomasville City Board of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "North Carolina HB 27 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "THOMASVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef022e5-5f32-4aba-93d5-afd71be0c3f3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H27"
source_hash: "22fbed9beeda61f5bb9d82dc430b610bc02ffc063dc897081972aa7163998f54"
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 27 (2023) — Elect Thomasville City Board of Education

## 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/H27v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H27v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H27v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H27v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H27v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Ch. SL 2023-1 `became-law`
- **2023-03-09** Ratified
- **2023-03-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-02-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-02-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Placed On Cal For 02/15/2023
- **2023-02-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ef022e5-5f32-4aba-93d5-afd71be0c3f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).