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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Testing in the Public Schools."
+description: "Testing in the Public Schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "SB 479"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 479 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN", "SEN. PRESTON", "SEN. SOUCEK"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Preston", "Tillman"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-03-31"
+last_action: "2011-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e156b908-ff39-4235-8396-71bd1543021f"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S479&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "ef542311c075549ca9a22b3bc2ce2edbd18dead4c088c1eec6d82ff5ebd60e05"
+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 479 (2011) — Testing in the Public 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATL-3-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/408/0/S479-ATL-3-V-4)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v3.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v4.pdf)
+7. **SL2011-280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 9\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **103–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Preston — primary (person)
+- Tillman — primary (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Brock — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
+- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
+- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
+- Hise — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
+- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-280 `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
+- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
+- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2011-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
+- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-27** Engrossed
+- **2011-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-04-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2011
+- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-04** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-31** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e156b908-ff39-4235-8396-71bd1543021f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+