---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduce School Paperwork."
description: "Reduce School Paperwork."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "North Carolina SB 708 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HORTON", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b375d3b1-87cf-4447-b578-576c4d781c40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S708&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "75030e199eba3fceb0cfdbc9abf62a0e82b188e6ed2470bc90312d77f58cc82a"
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 708 (2001) — Reduce School Paperwork.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S708v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-151 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-21** Ratified
- **2001-05-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2001
- **2001-05-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2001
- **2001-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b375d3b1-87cf-4447-b578-576c4d781c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).