---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Statutory Changes."
description: "Various Statutory Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "North Carolina HB 8 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMPUTERS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "STEM", "UNC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Paré", "Torbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f6d1cb-3767-4478-895b-4654aaa65af8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H8"
source_hash: "9466817a0d227b764229286d0cc6834f5427b2d48a6e169b1a64e4de13467986"
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 8 (2023) — Various Statutory 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/H8v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABN-40-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7286/0/H8-ABN-40-V-8)
3. **A2: ABN-42-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7287/0/H8-ABN-42-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Paré — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-132 `became-law`
- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-09-21** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2023-09-21** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-21** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** Reptd Fav `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
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5f6d1cb-3767-4478-895b-4654aaa65af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).