---
type: "Bill"
title: "Records of Sch. Suspension May Be Retained."
description: "Records of Sch. Suspension May Be Retained."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 620"
citation: "North Carolina HB 620 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REP. BONNER", "REP. WARNER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549d1b8c-cccd-4f9e-9caf-1ed854d12c20"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H620&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1473f91d8f0f758b1e40f46b73145784fd2b325550c2a135b6c0c74d7b4a08ea"
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 620 (2001) — Records of Sch. Suspension May Be Retained.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H620v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H620v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H620v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H620v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen Amend #2\M11 Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 2 — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warner — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-06-13** Ch. SL 2001-195 `became-law`
- **2001-06-13** Signed By Gov. 6/13/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-04** Ratified
- **2001-05-31** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-30** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2001
- **2001-05-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-30** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2001-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-22** Amend Pending #1
- **2001-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From House
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2001
- **2001-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/549d1b8c-cccd-4f9e-9caf-1ed854d12c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).