---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate Means Test From 529 Deduction."
description: "Eliminate Means Test From 529 Deduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "North Carolina SB 247 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TUITION", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf16e574-1eb8-4eb7-86dc-406ef93c8618"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S247&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8c1eb705fb92787fa2a222dc673a9d7f4da70331b7552a989e91d65adb10356d"
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 247 (2011) — Eliminate Means Test From 529 Deduction.

## 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/S247v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **101–11** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-03** Ch. SL 2011-106 `became-law`
- **2011-06-03** Signed By Gov. 6/3/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-24** Pres. To Gov. 5/24/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-23** Ratified
- **2011-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2011
- **2011-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf16e574-1eb8-4eb7-86dc-406ef93c8618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).