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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Excellent Educators for Every Classroom."
+description: "Excellent Educators for Every Classroom."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 599"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 599 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEAKER", "TEACHERS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR COMN."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-04"
+last_action: "2017-07-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b824172c-3f91-40fd-8b5c-c669765c0421"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S599&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "52031ca6ef54588f78123682897997dfc0c79d706ffca294a4446d5507299bce"
+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 599 (2017) — Excellent Educators for Every Classroom.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S599v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ABE-47-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4600/0/S599-ABE-47-V-3)
+3. **A1: ABE-57-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4910/0/S599-ABE-57-V-3)
+4. **A2: ABE-55-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4911/0/S599-ABE-55-V-6)
+5. **A3: ATC-109-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4957/0/S599-ATC-109-V-1)
+6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v1.pdf)
+7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v2.pdf)
+8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v3.pdf)
+9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v4.pdf)
+10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v5.pdf)
+11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v6.pdf)
+12. **SL 2017-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- C RPT Adoption — **85–25** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **40–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-189 `became-law`
+- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-30** Ratified
+- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
+- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-06-26** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
+- **2017-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-14** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2017-06-12** Engrossed
+- **2017-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b824172c-3f91-40fd-8b5c-c669765c0421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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