---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Good Cause Waivers."
description: "Modify Good Cause Waivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "North Carolina HB 593 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "REP. LUEBKE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. RAPP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "Luebke", "M. Alexander"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b3de25-05d8-41ab-8132-14ce3bbe5e4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H593&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "471a4615c861f6172acd5242e5f10fa45f9467220992da6c94f5ed6fd717dc1e"
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 593 (2009) — Modify Good Cause Waivers.

## 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/H593v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASF-46-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/448/0/H593-ASF-46-V-2)
3. **A2: AST-195-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/449/0/H593-AST-195-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v6.pdf)
10. **SL2010-114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H593v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-114 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-09** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-09** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-08** Engrossed
- **2010-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-22** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4b3de25-05d8-41ab-8132-14ce3bbe5e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).