---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Agency Computer Code Not Public Record."
description: "Public Agency Computer Code Not Public Record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "North Carolina HB 125 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMPUTERS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conrad", "Hanes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34403ae9-10d7-421d-ab74-7b4da8f74c26"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H125&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "824980c44f2b3605d4e5e5dcb834474af56a19341f10f316ccdd07132d6b6abb"
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 125 (2013) — Public Agency Computer Code Not Public Record.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H125v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H125v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H125v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H125v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conrad — primary (person)
- Hanes — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-96 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-06** Ratified
- **2013-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Rec From House
- **2013-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34403ae9-10d7-421d-ab74-7b4da8f74c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).