---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Requirements/Teacher License Renewal."
description: "Modify Requirements/Teacher License Renewal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1292"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1292 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d56371-1f6f-4664-a191-97704559dece"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1292&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1218f8bd39fd1e564c903003f29f17a927a3874da15cd021e16fecd606d0fb27"
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 1292 (2007) — Modify Requirements/Teacher License Renewal.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1292v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1292v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1292v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1292v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1292v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-409 `became-law`
- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-28** Ratified
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2007
- **2007-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Engrossed
- **2007-05-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-02** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-26** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2007
- **2007-04-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12d56371-1f6f-4664-a191-97704559dece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).