---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive Arts Education Plan."
description: "Comprehensive Arts Education Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "North Carolina SB 66 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ARTS", "BOARDS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SPEAKER", "TASK FORCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT", "SEN. TILLMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2010-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574ea68b-99ed-4c62-91ae-050a0763077e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S66&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a40c39ce47ce53dc369e89e4a75375e9d4c87e2a67c073e31d29a6d8e57d818"
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 66 (2009) — Comprehensive Arts Education Plan.

## 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/S66v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-01** Ch. SL 2010-34 `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** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2010
- **2010-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-21** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-21** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-06-17** Rec From House
- **2010-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2010
- **2010-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-09** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2009
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574ea68b-99ed-4c62-91ae-050a0763077e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).