---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilmington Charter/Civil Service Commission."
description: "Wilmington Charter/Civil Service Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "North Carolina HB 544 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHARTERS", "CIVIL SERVICE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-04-03"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2baa9f04-1059-4bb8-a589-c283072b73b7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H544&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e88db9d626962ada430c5d5fb67061ee6cfb9c5804352fe1042f1c8444d45aa5"
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 544 (2013) — Wilmington Charter/Civil Service Commission.

## 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/H544v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H544v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H544v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H544v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-27** Ch. SL 2013-221 `became-law`
- **2013-06-27** Ratified
- **2013-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Rec From House
- **2013-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2013
- **2013-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2baa9f04-1059-4bb8-a589-c283072b73b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).