---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Safety Restraints on School Buses."
description: "Study Safety Restraints on School Buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 812"
citation: "North Carolina SB 812 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUSES", "CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE", "DEATH & DYING", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INFANT MORTALITY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SEATBELTS & RESTRAINTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDIES", "TASK FORCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. FORRESTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f21951-b5a8-43bb-aa89-1c34c320aeed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S812&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "40cb34cd01aaaaf64f81bd2bd8a0085cdedda96e30418a28e50d51e1c0fa815b"
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 812 (2007) — Study Safety Restraints on School Buses.

## 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/S812v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S812v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S812v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S812v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S812v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-08** Ch. SL 2007-191 `became-law`
- **2007-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-28** Ratified
- **2007-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2007
- **2007-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-08** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f21951-b5a8-43bb-aa89-1c34c320aeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).