---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make Pamlico Bd. of Ed. Elect. Partisan."
description: "Make Pamlico Bd. of Ed. Elect. Partisan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "North Carolina SB 286 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PAMLICO COUNTY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ae3d3d-6277-4a5b-adf9-0cd6a8bedad9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S286"
source_hash: "ae8583847d84bfe97c5940f17c6a32ef113ac6cd8ef22537dc622502615354e9"
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 286 (2023) — Make Pamlico Bd. of Ed. Elect. Partisan.

## 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/S286v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** Ch. SL 2023-22 `became-law`
- **2023-05-25** Ratified
- **2023-05-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Placed On Cal For 05/24/2023
- **2023-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2ae3d3d-6277-4a5b-adf9-0cd6a8bedad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).