---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Local Election Changes III."
description: "Various Local Election Changes III."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1035 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS; CITY COUNCILS; COUNTIES; ELECTIONS; LOCAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MAYORS; MUNICIPALITIES; POLITICAL PARTIES; RATIFIED; SESSION LAWS; TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS; TITLE CHANGE; BRUNSWICK COUNTY; EDGECOMBE COUNTY; CATAWBA COUNTY; LENOIR COUNTY; MARTIN COUNTY; CRAVEN COUNTY; FORSYTH COUNTY; GREENE COUNTY; MARION; MCDOWELL COUNTY; HICKORY; CATAWBA; POLK COUNTY; NEWTON; NEW BERN; OLD FORT; BELVILLE; CHAPTERED; CLAREMONT; MAIDEN; CONOVER; BOLIVIA; PINK HILL; SNOW HILL; COLUMBUS; RURAL HALL; CONETOE; LONG VIEW; BROOKFORD; EVERETTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-21"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7229a0a-7c27-40dd-9b7b-6efb082142f9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1035"
source_hash: "4dec3855db0dcb84e10ffc204d4c26c24d9e6a8af5aa0d083593558615cdcbb3"
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 1035 (2025) — Various Local Election Changes III.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABKE-21-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/9713/0/H1035-ABKE-21-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2026-18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H1035v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **78–34** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **29–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-24** Ch. SL 2026-18 `became-law`
- **2026-06-24** Ratified
- **2026-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2026-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2026-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2026-06-16** Engrossed
- **2026-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-06-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2026-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** Re-ref to Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2026-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2026-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2026
- **2026-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2026-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-04-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7229a0a-7c27-40dd-9b7b-6efb082142f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).