---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts/Construction Methods/DB/P3."
description: "Public Contracts/Construction Methods/DB/P3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "North Carolina HB 857 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "DEFINITIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATIZATION", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Bryan", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63c32486-c9d2-402a-ba4d-f16024e2088f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H857&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2b133c54ae6b6b57443f88a2ac35c033a2f7bb706aa351961c80cf12d3503e2e"
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 857 (2013) — Public Contracts/Construction Methods/DB/P3.

## 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/H857v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-132-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7174/0/H857-AST-132-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v7.pdf)
10. **SL2013-401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H857v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Bryan — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-401 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-24** Ratified
- **2013-07-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-23** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-23** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-23** Engrossed
- **2013-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2013
- **2013-07-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-09** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63c32486-c9d2-402a-ba4d-f16024e2088f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).