---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Law."
description: "Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "North Carolina SB 708 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "STUDENTS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d954e82-2741-45e3-8716-cc40362c0e75"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S708&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f55c27837256f67bedf2ec8a2d0ecb79d71c11372a9883d963060d71b758bcf1"
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 708 (2009) — Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Law.

## 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/S708v0.pdf)
2. **A1: s708-atc-40-v-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2036/0/s708-atc-40-v-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-404 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-15** Failed Concur In H Amend
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2009
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-20** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/4d954e82-2741-45e3-8716-cc40362c0e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).