---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Local Elections."
description: "Omnibus Local Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "North Carolina HB 88 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "VACANCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c39c75-442b-4848-977f-f91e5a5dd225"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H88"
source_hash: "945866f39e9795e523dc0cf034cce63ae318dde1d3c36634ccd2e3466a7793d1"
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 88 (2023) — Omnibus Local Elections.

## 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/H88v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACH-2-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/648/0/H88-ACH-2-V-3)
3. **A1: AST-5-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/1570/0/H88-AST-5-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2023-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H88v7.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** Ch. SL 2023-4 `became-law`
- **2023-03-16** Ratified
- **2023-03-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Placed On Cal For 03/15/2023
- **2023-03-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-03-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed
- **2023-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-02-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-02-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-02-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Placed On Cal For 02/15/2023
- **2023-02-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c39c75-442b-4848-977f-f91e5a5dd225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).