---
type: "Bill"
title: "Char/Meck School Board Police."
description: "Char/Meck School Board Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 538"
citation: "North Carolina HB 538 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COTHAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd6553f-5ee5-487e-a344-e62b90835905"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H538&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a488c4cd5685ea5ac60a3fb8e906a7c986ec45aa7248592df2082350a6e2aaa3"
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 538 (2009) — Char/Meck School Board Police.

## 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/H538v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H538v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H538v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H538v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H538v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-10** Ch. SL 2009-73 `became-law`
- **2009-06-10** Ratified
- **2009-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd6553f-5ee5-487e-a344-e62b90835905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).