---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Calendar & Pay/Hurricane Florence."
description: "School Calendar & Pay/Hurricane Florence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017E3"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2 (2017E3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Britt", "Brown", "Clark", "D. Davis", "Fitch", "Lee", "McInnis", "Meredith", "Rabon", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2018-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcba4c62-c005-453c-aa03-3146ba239fae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017E3&BillID=S2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77341b84d1041f76dace325aaae8614d23529bc0f3fcabf6737dd9dc326dca4f"
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 2 (2017E3) — School Calendar & Pay/Hurricane Florence.

## 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/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017E3/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Britt — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- D. Davis — primary (person)
- Fitch — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Meredith — primary (person)
- Rabon — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Barringer — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-03** Ch. SL 2018-135 `became-law`
- **2018-10-03** Signed by Gov. 10/3/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-02** Pres. To Gov. 10/2/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-02** Ratified
- **2018-10-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-02** Added to Calendar
- **2018-10-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-10-02** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-10-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-10-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-10-02** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcba4c62-c005-453c-aa03-3146ba239fae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).