---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll. May Train Lateral Entry Teachers."
description: "Comm. Coll. May Train Lateral Entry Teachers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "North Carolina HB 563 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-09"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd598a34-5a8c-4223-8332-6f14f5882786"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H563&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a07933ddbab9e1d38263f092e635e8c0191422849689bdb8339c55f58e4c68fa"
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 563 (2005) — Comm. Coll. May Train Lateral Entry Teachers.

## 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/H563v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H563v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-19** Ch. SL 2005-198 `became-law`
- **2005-07-19** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-11** Ratified
- **2005-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2005
- **2005-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-24** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Rec From House
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-11** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-04** Postponed To 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2005
- **2005-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-16** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd598a34-5a8c-4223-8332-6f14f5882786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).