---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bd. of Educ./Membership Restrictions."
description: "State Bd. of Educ./Membership Restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "North Carolina SB 198 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MALONE", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b435c89-6b63-4b19-b92d-be6bde164f35"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S198&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "891ab0fcb7b1e3f823cf61e7e28e64a6f9994571187ae5bcee8ce6e803fdd50f"
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 198 (2009) — State Bd. of Educ./Membership Restrictions.

## 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/S198v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S198v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S198v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S198v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S198v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S198v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-04** Ch. SL 2009-2 `became-law`
- **2009-03-04** Signed By Gov. 3/4/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-04** Pres. To Gov. 3/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-03** Ratified
- **2009-03-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-02** Placed On Cal For 3/3/2009
- **2009-03-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-02-26** Placed On Cal For 3/2/2009
- **2009-02-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-02-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-02-25** Placed On Cal For 2/26/2009
- **2009-02-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-02-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-24** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-19** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-02-18** Placed On Cal For 2/18/2009
- **2009-02-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-02-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-17** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b435c89-6b63-4b19-b92d-be6bde164f35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).