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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Flag/Pledge of Allegiance in Schools."
+description: "Flag/Pledge of Allegiance in Schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2005"
+identifier: "SB 700"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 700 (2005)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FLAGS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-03-17"
+last_action: "2006-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d8e963-1363-45b3-9036-4a29dbe36b43"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S700&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "42fe03527fec8f70b8606875493f2cee984842ce0d61409f0362deee166f3cbe"
+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 700 (2005) — Flag/Pledge of Allegiance in Schools.
+
+## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2006-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S700v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion 6\To Reconsider — **28–21** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
+- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
+- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
+- Snow — cosponsor (person)
+- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2006-07-21** Ch. SL 2006-137 `became-law`
+- **2006-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2006 `executive-signature`
+- **2006-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2006 `executive-receipt`
+- **2006-07-12** Ratified
+- **2006-07-11** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2006-07-11** Reconsidered Concurrence
+- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2006
+- **2006-07-11** Withdrawn From Comm
+- **2006-07-05** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2006-07-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2006-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2006-06-30** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2006-06-29** Postponed To 6/30/2006
+- **2006-06-26** Postponed To 6/28/2006
+- **2006-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2006
+- **2006-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2006-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-04-28** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-28** Rec From Senate
+- **2005-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2005
+- **2005-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2005-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2005-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3d8e963-1363-45b3-9036-4a29dbe36b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+