---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abolish Higher Education Bond Oversight Comm."
description: "Abolish Higher Education Bond Oversight Comm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "North Carolina SB 154 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMITTEES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION BOND COMM.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-01"
last_action: "2011-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a16d35-23aa-47f0-8912-b72507f54033"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S154&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09c304696de7aad7ccf132cae9692d22dabe9de10e950b5c3cde89897a6810aa"
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 154 (2011) — Abolish Higher Education Bond Oversight Comm.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S154v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-19** Ch. SL 2011-43 `became-law`
- **2011-04-19** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-13** Pres. To Gov. 4/13/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-12** Ratified
- **2011-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2011
- **2011-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-22** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-02** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a16d35-23aa-47f0-8912-b72507f54033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).