---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Diplomas to Korea and Vietnam Vets."
description: "Special Diplomas to Korea and Vietnam Vets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 862"
citation: "North Carolina SB 862 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "VETERANS", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-22"
last_action: "2006-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46050ff-b7b4-4221-b690-0578f08ee516"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S862&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "271dc17fb2158ab68f68993bb78040e924c2619b904443882becbd2f0bd17768"
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 862 (2005) — Special Diplomas to Korea and Vietnam Vets.

## 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/S862v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S862v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S862v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S862v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-24** Ch. SL 2006-260 `became-law`
- **2006-08-24** Signed By Gov. 8/24/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-17** Ratified
- **2006-07-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2006
- **2006-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c46050ff-b7b4-4221-b690-0578f08ee516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).