---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rewrite Special Ed Laws."
description: "Rewrite Special Ed Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1908"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1908 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "BUSES", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "TEACHERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. PRESTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. WILEY", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Glazier", "Preston"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-11"
last_action: "2006-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740d2a47-f17d-46e5-8e62-83baa9c25de5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1908&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e9560669d5b2664d4587ceeb856aaea8d92284bb4c29e3571a74634fbbd21bd9"
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 1908 (2005) — Rewrite Special Ed 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1908v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Preston — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Vinson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-10** Ch. SL 2006-69 `became-law`
- **2006-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-30** Ratified
- **2006-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2006
- **2006-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-07** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Rec From House
- **2006-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2006
- **2006-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-16** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-15** Ref to the Com on Education and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740d2a47-f17d-46e5-8e62-83baa9c25de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).