---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offer Sign Language in Schools & Colleges."
description: "Offer Sign Language in Schools & Colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 915"
citation: "North Carolina HB 915 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LANGUAGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "REP. JOHNSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CARNEY", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. WILEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carney", "Glazier", "Wiley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-19"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be246fa-07a1-489e-9657-1d3ca4f7a901"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H915&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d101599eb53a8817e39d6498b77a1bf32c8e49bbe846725a7ccb082efec0a056"
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 915 (2007) — Offer Sign Language in Schools & Colleges.

## 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/H915v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H915v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H915v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H915v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Wiley — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-154 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-25** Ratified
- **2007-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-02** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-02** Rec From House
- **2007-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-28** Postponed To 3/29/2007
- **2007-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2007
- **2007-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be246fa-07a1-489e-9657-1d3ca4f7a901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).