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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "The Founding Principles Act."
+description: "The Founding Principles Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "HB 588"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 588 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-04-04"
+last_action: "2011-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9df0001-528b-450a-b596-8c6e69fa7d6d"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H588&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "5a94d95c415b5cf4fec43d4c88157e42671eaae03e80fa023b3876f32875e99e"
+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 588 (2011) — The Founding Principles Act.
+
+## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ALB-132-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1275/0/H588-ALB-132-V-1)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v3.pdf)
+6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v4.pdf)
+7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v5.pdf)
+8. **SL2011-273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- C Rpt Adopt — **106–5** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blust — cosponsor (person)
+- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
+- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
+- Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Current — cosponsor (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Hager — cosponsor (person)
+- Horn — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Justice — cosponsor (person)
+- McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Murry — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Steen — cosponsor (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+- Stone — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-273 `became-law`
+- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
+- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-06-18** Ratified
+- **2011-06-18** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2011-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2011
+- **2011-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-18** Conf Com Reported
+- **2011-06-17** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
+- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Reported
+- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2011-06-17** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
+- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
+- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2011-06-15** Engrossed
+- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
+- **2011-06-14** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
+- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
+- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-06-09** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-09** Rec From House
+- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-08** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
+- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
+- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9df0001-528b-450a-b596-8c6e69fa7d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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