---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOAs/Voluntary Prelitigation Mediation."
description: "HOAs/Voluntary Prelitigation Mediation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "North Carolina HB 278 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82508984-013a-4b52-b135-9619ab319571"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H278&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "411615d4e880508ae4168de17dfc69e519617ab9fc3b09fb8e4ab3da8eb46c86"
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 278 (2013) — HOAs/Voluntary Prelitigation Mediation.

## 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/H278v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H278v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H278v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H278v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H278v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Ross — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-127 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-12** Ratified
- **2013-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Rec From House
- **2013-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2013
- **2013-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2013-03-13** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee A, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82508984-013a-4b52-b135-9619ab319571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).