---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Ed. Funding Dispute Process."
description: "Local Ed. Funding Dispute Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1031"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1031 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "COURTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "JUDGES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDIES", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horn", "Hurley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-29"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b7c4a3f-a172-47dc-ad65-ad3a3520ccb5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H1031&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9bb6f3bb02e73e65854e07b0e511456194ea59d4ff3db89b0f5b5be55e97468"
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 1031 (2017) — Local Ed. Funding Dispute Process.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-171-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6968/0/H1031-ATC-171-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horn — primary (person)
- Hurley — primary (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-83 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-11** Serial Referral To State and Local Government II Stricken
- **2018-05-31** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b7c4a3f-a172-47dc-ad65-ad3a3520ccb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).