---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Bus Crash Reports Name Disclosure."
description: "School Bus Crash Reports Name Disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "North Carolina SB 227 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LEASING", "LOCAL", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDENTS", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "SEN. HISE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-03"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/051c95a3-6409-419f-a6e3-2d3858d68f01"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S227&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "384c6fe65cafe70ed145d22b585628790ea1b62d57e81fa3a7a44a842fa4ffe7"
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 227 (2011) — School Bus Crash Reports Name Disclosure.

## 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/S227v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-197-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7794/0/S227-ALB-197-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-147 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-07-02** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-22** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-07** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/051c95a3-6409-419f-a6e3-2d3858d68f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).