---
type: "Bill"
title: "Principal Licensure Changes."
description: "Principal Licensure Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 432"
citation: "North Carolina HB 432 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "STUDIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Cotham", "Willis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61064d59-151a-4fe2-9d09-d86540712c5d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H432"
source_hash: "9a8f9ffa1953d10496e185a8c76cd447f8a45a45575ad693e231896a12aff4c3"
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 432 (2023) — Principal Licensure Changes.

## 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/H432v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H432v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H432v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H432v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H432v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H432v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Cotham — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28** Ch. SL 2023-125 `became-law`
- **2023-09-28** Signed by Gov. 9/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-21** Pres. To Gov. 9/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** Ratified
- **2023-09-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-19** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-12** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-09-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-09-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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
- **2023-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61064d59-151a-4fe2-9d09-d86540712c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).