---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections Changes for Watauga Ed and County Bds."
description: "Elections Changes for Watauga Ed and County Bds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "North Carolina SB 912 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "WATAUGA COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-06-10"
last_action: "2024-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e90169f-f5b1-4094-9651-d3996513ca6a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S912"
source_hash: "0b0d14fed7d6d74cf9fbf38956270ad667c73e0fb68ff87246e83526d86a3eac"
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 912 (2023) — Elections Changes for Watauga Ed and County Bds.

## 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/S912v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2024-13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-27** Ch. SL 2024-13 `became-law`
- **2024-06-27** Ratified
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-19** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-06-18** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2024-06-18** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-18** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-06-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e90169f-f5b1-4094-9651-d3996513ca6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).