---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Cabinet Est. STEM Priority."
description: "Education Cabinet Est. STEM Priority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1198"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1198 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EDUCATION CABINET", "FUNDING", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN", "SEN. FORIEST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93b36d4-7abf-4167-82dd-08e437060fc5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1198&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5da9953a3a0f1bc8fe0b9546d839bc8c4cc3fbef6eb9a444db13e4a082c833ab"
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 SB 1198 (2009) — Education Cabinet Est. STEM Priority.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1198v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1198v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1198v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1198v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1198v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-01** Ch. SL 2010-41 `became-law`
- **2010-07-01** Signed By Gov. 7/1/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-24** Ratified
- **2010-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2010
- **2010-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-17** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93b36d4-7abf-4167-82dd-08e437060fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).