---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Violence Prevention Act."
description: "School Violence Prevention Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "North Carolina SB 526 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DISCRIMINATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HOMOSEXUALITY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BOSEMAN", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40fad2e0-d521-4897-8058-1739839624b3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S526&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ba566a279972e8befce1e92f237d8335c11a49a781b5678510d609bfa57d27e9"
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 526 (2009) — School Violence Prevention Act.

## 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/S526v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ASF-15-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1874/0/S526-ASF-15-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 12- Rep\. Stam Request\to Recess — **51–63** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading\M12 To Lay On\Table/Reconsid\er/Clincher — **63–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-212 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-23** Ratified
- **2009-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-23** Amendment Ruled Out of Order 3
- **2009-06-23** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-23** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-05** Amend Tabled #3
- **2009-05-05** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Placed On Cal For 5/5/2009
- **2009-05-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-29** Re-ref Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-12** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40fad2e0-d521-4897-8058-1739839624b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).