---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin County Board of Education Election Method."
description: "Franklin County Board of Education Election Method."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "North Carolina HB 452 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b005b21d-ca19-47e3-956a-d7d739f63e75"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H452"
source_hash: "e0d4152f41b054397a97c5d17ec3facefafed9c6981eae555c531aedfbe09b0a"
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 452 (2023) — Franklin County Board of Education Election Method.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H452v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H452v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H452v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H452v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H452v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24** Ch. SL 2023-17 `became-law`
- **2023-05-24** Ratified
- **2023-05-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b005b21d-ca19-47e3-956a-d7d739f63e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).