---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Real Estate License Law/Records."
description: "Amend Real Estate License Law/Records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "North Carolina HB 214 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL ESTATE COMN.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "McElraft", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-05"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6793a163-f0d2-4695-954a-aa2f94c0a1af"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H214&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2df501d7092b70394c5fcde156bb757028e69d78ef4503f78b691af13ea1c6d7"
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 214 (2013) — Amend Real Estate License Law/Records.

## 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/H214v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H214v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H214v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H214v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- W. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-280 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-10** Ratified
- **2013-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Rec From House
- **2013-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-03** Placed On Cal For 04/04/2013
- **2013-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6793a163-f0d2-4695-954a-aa2f94c0a1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).