---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Election."
description: "Charter School Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "North Carolina HB 176 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "TSERS", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-27"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/452f05df-7ad2-4299-bf3f-bbc442cb2696"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H176&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cba8bc562b0ece55f7d909a9ea4ed3370baac3c9fa123bb484e30663f704d255"
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 176 (2013) — Charter School Election.

## 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/H176v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H176v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H176v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H176v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-279 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Rec From House
- **2013-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-17** Placed On Cal For 04/18/2013
- **2013-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Re-ref Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-19** If favorable, State Personnel
- **2013-03-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/452f05df-7ad2-4299-bf3f-bbc442cb2696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).