---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Review Board."
description: "Charter School Review Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "North Carolina HB 618 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS ADVISORY BOARD", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION CABINET", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "NAME CHANGE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "SUPT. OF", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "D. Hall", "Moore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2321264-1eff-4f5e-bf5e-6cd657e7f038"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H618"
source_hash: "66b485a814a494a5abe493a0eb486c06ce24ec24aa8701bc493032ad4d47c6cb"
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 618 (2023) — Charter School Review Board.

## 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/H618v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H618v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H618v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H618v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H618v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H618v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — 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 2023-110 `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
- **2023-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-07-07** Received from the Governor
- **2023-07-07** Vetoed 07/07/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2023
- **2023-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2023
- **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`
- **2023-05-25** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2321264-1eff-4f5e-bf5e-6cd657e7f038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).