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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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91 lines
4.7 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increase Municipal Election Participation Act."
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description: "Increase Municipal Election Participation Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 265"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 265 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BOSTIC", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE", "CITY COUNCILS", "COLUMBUS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "ELLENBORO", "FLAT ROCK", "FLETCHER", "FOREST CITY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "HENDERSONVILLE", "LAKE LURE (TOWN)", "LAUREL PARK", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MILLS RIVER", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLK COUNTY", "RATIFIED", "RUTH", "RUTHERFORD COUNTY", "RUTHERFORDTON", "SALUDA", "SESSION LAWS", "SPINDALE", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TRYON"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a97de84-ef6a-4da4-8ca6-c55ab436abbb"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S265"
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source_hash: "457abe75094b676e74a4f112c82c7b2f8d623f15a73496d6c88d7b9d44a52c2b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina SB 265 (2023) — Increase Municipal Election Participation Act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v0.pdf)
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2. **A1: ABK-16-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/3563/0/S265-ABK-16-V-3)
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3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v1.pdf)
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4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v2.pdf)
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5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v3.pdf)
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6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v4.pdf)
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7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v5.pdf)
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8. **SL 2023-44** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S265v6.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-16** Ch. SL 2023-44 `became-law`
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- **2023-06-15** Ratified
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- **2023-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2023-06-15** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2023
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- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2023-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-06-13** Added to Calendar
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- **2023-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-22** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2023-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-05** Special Message Received From Senate
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- **2023-04-05** Special Message Sent To House
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- **2023-04-05** Engrossed
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- **2023-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2023-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a97de84-ef6a-4da4-8ca6-c55ab436abbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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