---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Law Re: Personal Education Plans."
description: "Amend Law Re: Personal Education Plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 804"
citation: "North Carolina HB 804 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PARMON", "REP. COTHAM", "REP. JACKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Jackson", "Lucas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4855276-bf30-4e58-900e-f1b79247b68a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H804&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb42e896952cd9111c94f7c50c2c7342285a721a32f5dbae2b80bb75489ebabf"
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 804 (2009) — Amend Law Re: Personal Education Plans.

## 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/H804v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H804v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H804v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H804v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H804v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-542 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-05** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-04** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-04** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-15** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Rec From House
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4855276-bf30-4e58-900e-f1b79247b68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).