---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilson School Board."
description: "Wilson School Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "North Carolina SB 83 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "WILSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NEWTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1fce90-f0ec-4d38-b2fa-b19a99dec106"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S83&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d8d6e8470204030cc931925d34f5ea7c94eefdb1c6e5cd10f915c4d77ee773f3"
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 83 (2011) — Wilson School Board.

## 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/S83v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-26** Ch. SL 2011-53 `became-law`
- **2011-04-26** Ratified
- **2011-04-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2011
- **2011-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-21** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d1fce90-f0ec-4d38-b2fa-b19a99dec106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).