---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standing up to Hate and Leading with our Moral Principles (SHALOM) Act."
description: "Standing up to Hate and Leading with our Moral Principles (SHALOM) Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 942"
citation: "North Carolina HB 942 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "DEFINITIONS", "DISCRIMINATION", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Moore", "Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-30"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd6f372-2c42-475e-bf45-c734e8a853b4"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H942"
source_hash: "331135b86c887605fadd67d7f7a81fdf576bd61645388db78b1fc943de71e123"
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 942 (2023) — Standing up to Hate and Leading with our Moral Principles (SHALOM) 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/H942v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H942v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H942v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H942v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2024-27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H942v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Paré — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-01** Ch. SL 2024-27 `became-law`
- **2024-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-27** Ratified
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-26** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Amend Tabled A1
- **2024-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-25** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Special Message Received From House
- **2024-05-08** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2024-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Added to Calendar
- **2024-05-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-05-08** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2024-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfd6f372-2c42-475e-bf45-c734e8a853b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).