---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chatham School Validation."
description: "Chatham School Validation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "North Carolina SB 650 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GEOGRAPHY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHATHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES", "SEN. GOSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2010-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964e7140-c33d-4382-90a4-e4a535e81e0f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S650&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4b05bbcc9db3e6cf11cd936c17a94c573ba0edb3fe3fd200f6a89ae6d23fece0"
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 650 (2009) — Chatham School Validation.

## 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/S650v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S650v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S650v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S650v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S650v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S650v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-07** Ch. SL 2010-56 `became-law`
- **2010-07-07** Ratified
- **2010-07-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-01** Rec From House
- **2010-07-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Serial Referrel Stricken
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-27** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/964e7140-c33d-4382-90a4-e4a535e81e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).