---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nash Bd. of Educ/No. of Members/Districts."
description: "Nash Bd. of Educ/No. of Members/Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "North Carolina SB 248 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "CONOVER", "COUNTIES", "EDGECOMBE COUNTY", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HICKORY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NASH COUNTY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "ROCKY MOUNT", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c58214f-5b20-481b-8a4a-c4ce4360b651"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S248"
source_hash: "c256f38f038a56ed06d3b69874b46d64f92b21c0ef372c338c754641515bf425"
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 SB 248 (2023) — Nash Bd. of Educ/No. of Members/Districts.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S248v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABK-23-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5754/0/S248-ABK-23-V-6)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Ch. SL 2023-37 `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** Ratified
- **2023-06-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-08** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/08/2023
- **2023-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-06-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-25** Engrossed
- **2023-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-25** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-23** Placed On Cal For 05/25/2023
- **2023-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** 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`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c58214f-5b20-481b-8a4a-c4ce4360b651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).