---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative Hearing Before School Reassign."
description: "Alternative Hearing Before School Reassign."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "North Carolina HB 488 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GULLEY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gulley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec563248-05e8-4335-b901-625166cdaca0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f9954b31afad9492b792ac7216d3f6636346d66ad54beb241162293b64c163b4"
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 488 (2007) — Alternative Hearing Before School Reassign.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H488v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gulley — primary (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-501 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-26** Ratified
- **2007-07-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2007
- **2007-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-23** Engrossed
- **2007-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Rec From House
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec563248-05e8-4335-b901-625166cdaca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).