---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students Under 16 May Attend Comm. College."
description: "Students Under 16 May Attend Comm. College."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "North Carolina HB 65 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDENTS", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McLawhorn", "Stam", "Tolson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2009-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b691f2fe-dc0d-41da-a7a9-6eb71d6e7adb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H65&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f97fe0b7881d34daca0f0b12cea20ade52e8c10deacc32f45c84ae1bd65e7257"
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 65 (2009) — Students Under 16 May Attend Comm. College.

## 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/H65v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALR-1-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/85/0/H65-ALR-1-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H65v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H65v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H65v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H65v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H65v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-01** Ch. SL 2009-46 `became-law`
- **2009-06-01** Signed By Gov. 6/1/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-05-26** Ratified
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Rec From House
- **2009-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2009
- **2009-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/30/2009
- **2009-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b691f2fe-dc0d-41da-a7a9-6eb71d6e7adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).