---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Process/Reportable Offenses in Sch."
description: "Clarify Process/Reportable Offenses in Sch."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "North Carolina SB 394 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN", "SEN. PRESTON", "SEN. NEWTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton", "Tillman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-22"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c255d5-6f15-462e-a754-c22d5a3692e9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S394&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4044e4ec3423bca088b1fb2f710d0968ef1371bde692038075bb94809d53a376"
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 394 (2011) — Clarify Process/Reportable Offenses in Sch.

## 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/S394v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- D. Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-248 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57c255d5-6f15-462e-a754-c22d5a3692e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).