---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chatham School Elections."
description: "Chatham School Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "North Carolina SB 289 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "CHATHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-01"
last_action: "2005-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee07b58a-570b-4a24-9924-0c3fa0e893d6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S289&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3af960a7d4fa6d79eb025ee8274572ef94fba0117d4a4a2f656261c60b198c2d"
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 289 (2005) — Chatham School Elections.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S289v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-24** Ch. SL 2005-309 `became-law`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-26** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee07b58a-570b-4a24-9924-0c3fa0e893d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).