---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal References to ABCs."
description: "Repeal References to ABCs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 597"
citation: "North Carolina SB 597 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GENERAL STATUTES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soucek", "Tillman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905ef29a-ee74-41ee-81dd-a79da597e2df"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S597&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d28b95ea2f1fd36129dfbb0b0530ddbd64de58e06084f8e0de1a7b4a87eb198c"
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 597 (2015) — Repeal References to ABCs.

## 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/S597v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S597v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S597v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S597v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S597v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soucek — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-65 `became-law`
- **2015-06-11** Signed by Gov. 6/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 06/04/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-03** Ratified
- **2015-06-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-27** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-27** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/905ef29a-ee74-41ee-81dd-a79da597e2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).