---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transition to Digital Learning in Schools."
description: "Transition to Digital Learning in Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "North Carolina HB 44 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TEXTBOOKS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC & OTHER MEDIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horn", "Johnson", "Saine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e79b48-a6d6-4c04-90e2-b2dd83e1c21e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H44&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d6322e98ab91e190661387c3199a5baf18c6809003a257fc219bcd46f6325879"
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 44 (2013) — Transition to Digital Learning in Schools.

## 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/H44v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H44v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H44v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H44v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horn — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-15** Ch. SL 2013-12 `became-law`
- **2013-03-15** Signed By Gov. 03/15/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-12** Pres. To Gov. 3/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-11** Ratified
- **2013-03-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-18** Rec From House
- **2013-02-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** Placed On Cal For 02/14/2013
- **2013-02-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-04** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e79b48-a6d6-4c04-90e2-b2dd83e1c21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).