---
type: "Bill"
title: "Testing in the Public Schools."
description: "Testing in the Public Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "North Carolina SB 479 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN", "SEN. PRESTON", "SEN. SOUCEK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Preston", "Tillman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e156b908-ff39-4235-8396-71bd1543021f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S479&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ef542311c075549ca9a22b3bc2ce2edbd18dead4c088c1eec6d82ff5ebd60e05"
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 479 (2011) — Testing in the Public Schools.

## 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/S479v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATL-3-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/408/0/S479-ATL-3-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Preston — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-280 `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
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Engrossed
- **2011-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2011
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e156b908-ff39-4235-8396-71bd1543021f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).