---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meetings of Comm. Coll. Trustees/Modify Law."
description: "Meetings of Comm. Coll. Trustees/Modify Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "North Carolina HB 581 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-12"
last_action: "2007-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0026ca6d-f8d4-414d-8155-3273a277ba08"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2faafcaaeb522225f5ae8b1e2aef7e6d400146f6a062f37394be47688e2abcf8"
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 581 (2007) — Meetings of Comm. Coll. Trustees/Modify Law.

## 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/H581v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H581v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H581v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H581v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-08** Ch. SL 2007-197 `became-law`
- **2007-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Rec From House
- **2007-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2007
- **2007-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-03** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0026ca6d-f8d4-414d-8155-3273a277ba08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).