---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ed. Employees Assn./Equal Access Act."
description: "Ed. Employees Assn./Equal Access Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "North Carolina SB 755 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "ORGANIZED LABOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TUCKER", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66050532-7f24-4659-bac0-89907064d826"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S755&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5efe37a29520ee215ecd01d4238f9519ce76b45262486316816de56e4aa07dc4"
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 755 (2011) — Ed. Employees Assn./Equal Access Act.

## 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/S755v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-179 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-29** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-30** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Engrossed
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-08** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66050532-7f24-4659-bac0-89907064d826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).