---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinstatement of Sick Leave/School Emp'ees."
description: "Reinstatement of Sick Leave/School Emp'ees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 482"
citation: "North Carolina HB 482 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COTHAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Jeffus", "Wiley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e8b8c9-7e12-4c2f-8a01-349abc5e5007"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H482&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eba00b2e66b850c2444ce2098884883265e82481d73657588d52c941fe0eb227"
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 482 (2009) — Reinstatement of Sick Leave/School Emp'ees.

## 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/H482v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H482v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H482v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H482v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H482v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Jeffus — primary (person)
- Wiley — primary (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-144 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-08** Ratified
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Serial referral to Appropriations is stricken.
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68e8b8c9-7e12-4c2f-8a01-349abc5e5007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).