---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Founding Principles Act."
description: "The Founding Principles Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "North Carolina HB 588 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-04"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9df0001-528b-450a-b596-8c6e69fa7d6d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H588&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5a94d95c415b5cf4fec43d4c88157e42671eaae03e80fa023b3876f32875e99e"
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 HB 588 (2011) — The Founding Principles Act.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-132-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1275/0/H588-ALB-132-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **106–5** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-273 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-18** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2011
- **2011-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Engrossed
- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Rec From House
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9df0001-528b-450a-b596-8c6e69fa7d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).