---
type: "Bill"
title: "GED HS Diploma/No Drug Convict/Bail Bondsman."
description: "GED HS Diploma/No Drug Convict/Bail Bondsman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "North Carolina SB 458 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. SWINDELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12764230-483b-4fd3-8edd-1eb510a97c36"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S458&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1970fd79c896dbd7b069e77c4610dc4f6b0a88320e00973f97838cf1be975eb0"
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 458 (2009) — GED HS Diploma/No Drug Convict/Bail Bondsman.

## 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/S458v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-128-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1809/0/S458-ALB-128-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v7.pdf)
10. **SL2009-536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S458v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-536 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-08-03** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2009
- **2009-04-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-28** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12764230-483b-4fd3-8edd-1eb510a97c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).