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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Various Changes to Education Laws."
+description: "Various Changes to Education Laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 986"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 986 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNSELING", "CURRICULUM", "DEATH & DYING", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "TEACHERS", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSERS", "SUICIDE", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elmore", "Horn", "Hurley"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-22"
+last_action: "2018-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05691a55-8b91-4257-b416-e916273d3294"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H986&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "343a08e03de5dd55593f5b78b844c40e7ffa4226247cd59e1bbed516a48957e8"
+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 986 (2017) — Various Changes to Education Laws.
+
+## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2018-32** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H986v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **94–11** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elmore — primary (person)
+- Horn — primary (person)
+- Hurley — primary (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
+- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
+- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-32 `became-law`
+- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-14** Ratified
+- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
+- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2018-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-06** Special Message Received From House
+- **2018-06-06** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2018-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2018
+- **2018-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2018-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-23** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-22** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05691a55-8b91-4257-b416-e916273d3294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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