---
type: "Bill"
title: "Even-Year Elections/City of Trinity."
description: "Even-Year Elections/City of Trinity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "North Carolina HB 135 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TRINITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9148cfb-918c-4999-884a-0969f1f64a2a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H135"
source_hash: "3d94ef6058f5750b4a9a852aa006092d2914fb9271ef763cc22f0d7d90263a12"
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 135 (2023) — Even-Year Elections/City of Trinity.

## 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/H135v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H135v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H135v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H135v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H135v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Ch. SL 2023-38 `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** Ratified
- **2023-06-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9148cfb-918c-4999-884a-0969f1f64a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).