---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify DPI Reptg. Reqts./Bldg. Code/High Sc."
description: "Modify DPI Reptg. Reqts./Bldg. Code/High Sc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "North Carolina SB 689 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70f5242-3428-41e1-930d-b76a76c29e10"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S689&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bfd164f83d29e94af1906c5c24d9d3e16ed2e80439513f4c57648d4cde9cf733"
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 689 (2009) — Modify DPI Reptg. Reqts./Bldg. Code/High Sc.

## 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/S689v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S689v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S689v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S689v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S689v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-305 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2009
- **2009-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-14** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a70f5242-3428-41e1-930d-b76a76c29e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).