---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Schools Act."
description: "Safe Schools Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1377 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BOARDS", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SAFETY", "SALES", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Folwell", "McElraft"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2010-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69844845-626b-492c-bba7-f761c6568ae9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1377&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7606fc27c1a22860108a0a6327bf5e5458e808077994daa3dd2d52186df799e"
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 1377 (2009) — Safe Schools Act.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-9-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1047/0/H1377-AME-9-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v5.pdf)
8. **SL2010-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Folwell — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-30** Ch. SL 2010-163 `became-law`
- **2010-07-30** Signed By Gov. 7/30/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-07** Engrossed
- **2010-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-07** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69844845-626b-492c-bba7-f761c6568ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).