---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment."
description: "Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "North Carolina SB 498 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORAL PUNISHMENT", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE", "SEN. PATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pate"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301a0487-d401-4402-9219-4f2535f35d45"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S498&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ae2db10bc7ca384b8146340f2f674e668604c6ed76e4e683a320a3dd38299698"
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 498 (2011) — Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment.

## 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/S498v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARQ-102-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1236/0/S498-ARQ-102-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S498v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S498v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S498v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S498v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pate — primary (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-270 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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`
- **2011-05-12** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2011
- **2011-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2011
- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
- **2011-04-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2011
- **2011-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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/301a0487-d401-4402-9219-4f2535f35d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).