---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Advisory Council on Indian Education."
description: "State Advisory Council on Indian Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "North Carolina SB 97 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "INDIAN EDUCATION COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cce5ade-6023-4503-acd1-ee3b48e2e67d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S97&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "27f13be55eb107cc518dd9e16e777dc86762110a031076eed09c92d517712987"
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 97 (2015) — State Advisory Council on Indian Education.

## 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/S97v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-29** Ch. SL 2015-295 `became-law`
- **2015-10-29** Signed by Gov. 10/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-24** Pres. To Gov. 09/24/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-23** Ratified
- **2015-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-22** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-09-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-20** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-20** 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`
- **2015-03-18** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cce5ade-6023-4503-acd1-ee3b48e2e67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).