---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harmony/Love Valley Election Changes."
description: "Harmony/Love Valley Election Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "North Carolina HB 57 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "FEES", "FUNDING", "HARMONY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "HENDERSONVILLE", "IREDELL COUNTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOVE VALLEY", "MAYORS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43023b9f-f2bf-4ca3-a998-5a1a6e2914c5"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H57"
source_hash: "df8f024cd8aec009c4671b77c00a140490df3f0dbd036c085a9b3088627be78f"
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 57 (2023) — Harmony/Love Valley Election 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/H57v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-44-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6761/0/H57-ASV-44-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H57v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H57v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H57v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H57v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H57v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Prather — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-13** Ch. SL 2023-98 `became-law`
- **2023-07-13** Ratified
- **2023-07-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-07-12** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-29** Engrossed
- **2023-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Finance. 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`
- **2023-03-01** Placed On Cal For 03/07/2023
- **2023-03-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-03-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Placed On Cal For 03/01/2023
- **2023-02-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43023b9f-f2bf-4ca3-a998-5a1a6e2914c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).