---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Local Election Changes II."
description: "Various Local Election Changes II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS; CHARTERS; CITY COUNCILS; COUNTIES; COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; EDUCATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; ELECTIONS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; KINDERGARTEN; LOCAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MAYORS; MUNICIPALITIES; POLITICAL PARTIES; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; REFERENDUM & INITIATIVE; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SESSION LAWS; TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS; UNION COUNTY; PITT COUNTY; MONROE; PAMLICO COUNTY; CURRITUCK COUNTY; MINNESOTT BEACH; CHAPTERED; ORIENTAL; CABARRUS COUNTY; GRANTSBORO; VACANCIES; SIMPSON; VANDEMERE; ALLIANCE; ARAPAHOE; BAYBORO; MESIC; STONEWALL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0deda59-62aa-4062-a308-aa87dd4a8fd8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H3"
source_hash: "4e498322d5f94a36034dc8e1bb6d24871910be678313a318959e33a28f777cfd"
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 3 (2025) — Various Local Election Changes II.

## 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/H3v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACHE-6-V-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6631/0/H3-ACHE-6-V-10)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2025-13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H3v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **28–17** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **62–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Reeder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-25** Ch. SL 2025-13 `became-law`
- **2025-06-25** Ratified
- **2025-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2025
- **2025-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-18** Engrossed
- **2025-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Amend Tabled A2
- **2025-06-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref to Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-03-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-03-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Placed On Cal For 03/05/2025
- **2025-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Re-ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-02-03** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-01-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0deda59-62aa-4062-a308-aa87dd4a8fd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).