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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "UNC/Cherokee Language."
+description: "UNC/Cherokee Language."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2013"
+identifier: "SB 444"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 444 (2013)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LANGUAGES", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "UNC", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brock"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2013-03-26"
+last_action: "2013-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b533aacf-beff-4e5d-ac84-f078c283698b"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S444&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "26b6a817bfd364e873f47590c0bae9290e2916b68716f0abc28444a4302a7039"
+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 444 (2013) — UNC/Cherokee Language.
+
+## 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/S444v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2013-322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- THIRD READING — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brock — primary (person)
+- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-322 `became-law`
+- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 07/19/2013 `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-07-18** Ratified
+- **2013-07-17** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2013-07-15** Postponed To 07/17/2013
+- **2013-07-11** Postponed To 07/15/2013
+- **2013-07-10** Postponed To 07/11/2013
+- **2013-07-09** Postponed To 07/10/2013
+- **2013-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
+- **2013-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Education `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`
+- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-27** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-26** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b533aacf-beff-4e5d-ac84-f078c283698b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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