---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make Various Changes Regarding Higher Ed."
description: "Make Various Changes Regarding Higher Ed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "North Carolina SB 315 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "TEACHERS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barefoot", "Curtis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae129d6-730f-4e76-812a-eb388550c3c4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S315&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c6b3592aa81d4313d36b8e3bf8cb2e6d52db0a677d71ef7e45fef723b38f145c"
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 315 (2017) — Make Various Changes Regarding Higher Ed.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — primary (person)
- Curtis — primary (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-68 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-22** Ratified
- **2017-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-21** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Education - Universities `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dae129d6-730f-4e76-812a-eb388550c3c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).