---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grad Requirements/Sports Pilot."
description: "Grad Requirements/Sports Pilot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "North Carolina SB 524 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CITIZENSHIP", "CURRICULUM", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SPORTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis", "Soucek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddacf568-1fe8-46c1-a97f-126ff4b7de3e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S524&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19f46fe2bf18153c34e8e98678a5a0b47e7d6ab8e381ae515b435ed18280b05f"
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 524 (2015) — Grad Requirements/Sports Pilot.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S524v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S524v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S524v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S524v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S524v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curtis — primary (person)
- Soucek — primary (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-29** Ch. SL 2015-291 `became-law`
- **2015-10-29** Signed by Gov. 10/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 09/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-09-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddacf568-1fe8-46c1-a97f-126ff4b7de3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).