---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin School Elections Nonpartisan."
description: "Franklin School Elections Nonpartisan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "North Carolina SB 368 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. D. BERGER", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd1bea0-5743-4fc6-9d7c-ba30a8adfe19"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S368&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4c0b0f22824616c8d234e3eb5983d2cd49a59f6ead9b8e66d6107f83f09db7d8"
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 368 (2005) — Franklin School Elections Nonpartisan.

## 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/S368v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-13** Ch. SL 2005-80 `became-law`
- **2005-06-13** Ratified
- **2005-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2005
- **2005-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-31** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-31** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2005
- **2005-03-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd1bea0-5743-4fc6-9d7c-ba30a8adfe19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).