---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fairness in Women's Sports Act."
description: "Fairness in Women's Sports Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 574"
citation: "North Carolina HB 574 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COURTS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LGBTQ & GENDER ISSUES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SPORTS", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS", "STUDENT ATHLETES", "STUDENTS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balkcom", "Gillespie", "Paré"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979bf1e9-4e0f-4200-b822-59fe1db0a034"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H574"
source_hash: "489862e2806b8ad8c65c1875328ecfa9461d73b5658bf1b06c80c991c8066e28"
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 574 (2023) — Fairness in Women's Sports 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/H574v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H574v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H574v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H574v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H574v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H574v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Balkcom — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Paré — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Pless — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Reeder — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-16** Ch. SL 2023-109 `became-law`
- **2023-08-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-08-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-08-07** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2023
- **2023-08-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/15/2023
- **2023-08-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-20** Placed On Cal For 08/07/2023
- **2023-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-17** Placed On Cal For 07/20/2023
- **2023-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-12** Placed On Cal For 07/19/2023
- **2023-07-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-06** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-07-05** Received from the Governor
- **2023-07-05** Vetoed 07/05/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Ratified
- **2023-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-22** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/979bf1e9-4e0f-4200-b822-59fe1db0a034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).