republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2013/sb-403.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Election Clarifications."
description: "Omnibus Election Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "North Carolina SB 403 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CEMETERIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ETHICS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INVESTMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRUSTS", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-25"
last_action: "2014-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5685231-1148-406b-b394-b82312027d4b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S403&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c7c0407df8e0741fd1ad2e8841dabe74ed6c67da5343efdf27842e4ce1ee374e"
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 SB 403 (2013) — Omnibus Election Clarifications.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S403v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-196-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/9050/0/S403-AST-196-V-1)
3. **A4: AST-209-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/9061/0/S403-AST-209-V-2)
4. **A5: AST-195-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/9051/0/S403-AST-195-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v6.pdf)
11. **SL2014-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **32–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur — **0–48** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-08-06** Ch. SL 2014-111 `became-law`
- **2014-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 08/01/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Ratified
- **2014-08-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-08-01** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-31** Placed On Cal For 08/01/2014
- **2014-07-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-07-31** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2014-07-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-07-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-07-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-07-21** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2014-07-21** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-07-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-06-24** Ordered Engrossed
- **2014-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-24** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Amend Tabled A3
- **2014-06-24** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-06-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Postponed To 06/24/2014
- **2014-06-19** Added to Calendar
- **2014-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-17** Re-ref Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Banking `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5685231-1148-406b-b394-b82312027d4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).