---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bldg. Code/High Schoolers at Comm. Coll."
description: "Bldg. Code/High Schoolers at Comm. Coll."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "North Carolina HB 735 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c7cb46-40ab-4073-9218-1411912e5600"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H735&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2ca4c4ba13e404729b3ee0adb333849825a27da0d2f1515c293df4d2ea233cfa"
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 735 (2009) — Bldg. Code/High Schoolers at Comm. Coll.

## 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/H735v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-18-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/541/0/H735-ARK-18-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H735v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H735v2.pdf)
5. **SL2009-206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H735v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-206 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-18** Ratified
- **2009-06-17** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-10** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-10** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-08** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Rec From House
- **2009-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-04** Placed On Cal For 5/5/2009
- **2009-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98c7cb46-40ab-4073-9218-1411912e5600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).