---
type: "Bill"
title: "City Managers on School Boards."
description: "City Managers on School Boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 661"
citation: "North Carolina HB 661 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CITY MANAGERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. R. WARREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962e7f51-e12e-4110-bdc3-3e32a9a2f7bc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H661&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f1b567e6d89706f0e59323a946239a982245a12bbe26e122446198a7cf3ece7f"
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 661 (2009) — City Managers on School Boards.

## 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/H661v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-14-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/494/0/H661-ASU-14-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H661v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H661v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H661v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H661v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Comm. Amend. 1\Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-321 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-13** Ratified
- **2009-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** 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 As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/962e7f51-e12e-4110-bdc3-3e32a9a2f7bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).