---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study."
description: "Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "North Carolina SB 78 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION", "COST-SAVINGS STUDY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81678387-42f1-4f90-b43c-3ef642328d38"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S78&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c36a00b33a5c26b46d9413c39643c1547fcc3817aa46070377b9eb6253ce4565"
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 78 (2017) — Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study.

## 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/S78v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABE-68-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5353/0/S78-ABE-68-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S78v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S78v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S78v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S78v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S78v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **32–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-142 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** 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`
- **2017-03-27** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81678387-42f1-4f90-b43c-3ef642328d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).