---
type: "Bill"
title: "Respect for Student Prayer/Religious Activity."
description: "Respect for Student Prayer/Religious Activity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 370"
citation: "North Carolina SB 370 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "US", "EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION", "STUDENTS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bingham", "Daniel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2014-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7af699-7bd7-4798-9882-d85246cfccb1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S370&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2bca37bfd7b5b216a7b5e1f7ab6a69b60cded7e1aa7d5fd45a28d1f06ce978e2"
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 370 (2013) — Respect for Student Prayer/Religious Activity.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-58-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4971/0/S370-ATC-58-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v5.pdf)
8. **SL2014-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S370v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-19** Ch. SL 2014-13 `became-law`
- **2014-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 06/18/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-17** Ratified
- **2014-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-16** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2014
- **2014-06-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-06-05** Regular Message sent to the Senate
- **2014-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2014
- **2014-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-09** Engrossed
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d7af699-7bd7-4798-9882-d85246cfccb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).