---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Protection Fund/Proprietary Schools."
description: "Student Protection Fund/Proprietary Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 860"
citation: "North Carolina SB 860 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "STUDENTS", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f03e0f-60d4-4662-8aea-3c6ef79e1405"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S860&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5b607856fff54793b9935de5658813cc8e4ff1cb61c3b314514ea65618235e91"
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 860 (2009) — Student Protection Fund/Proprietary Schools.

## 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/S860v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v6.pdf)
8. **SL2009-562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-562 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-08-06** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-09** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4f03e0f-60d4-4662-8aea-3c6ef79e1405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).