---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excellent Educators for Every Classroom."
description: "Excellent Educators for Every Classroom."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "North Carolina SB 599 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEAKER", "TEACHERS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b824172c-3f91-40fd-8b5c-c669765c0421"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S599&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "52031ca6ef54588f78123682897997dfc0c79d706ffca294a4446d5507299bce"
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 599 (2017) — Excellent Educators for Every Classroom.

## 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/S599v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABE-47-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4600/0/S599-ABE-47-V-3)
3. **A1: ABE-57-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4910/0/S599-ABE-57-V-3)
4. **A2: ABE-55-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4911/0/S599-ABE-55-V-6)
5. **A3: ATC-109-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4957/0/S599-ATC-109-V-1)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v4.pdf)
10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v5.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v6.pdf)
12. **SL 2017-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S599v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **85–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-189 `became-law`
- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-26** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-12** Engrossed
- **2017-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b824172c-3f91-40fd-8b5c-c669765c0421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).