---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students w/Disabilities & Special Ed Changes."
description: "Students w/Disabilities & Special Ed Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "North Carolina HB 12 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. BELL", "REP. JEFFUS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. PARMON", "REP. WILEY", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Glazier", "Jeffus"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-25"
last_action: "2008-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef8ce045-f228-4010-a9ed-1b80f08a0d4d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H12&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c4ffa8f95d83154898fd13064c1966f63050aca6de98f64e0a8fa6d64393f64"
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 HB 12 (2007) — Students w/Disabilities & Special Ed Changes.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H12v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Jeffus — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-11** Ch. SL 2008-90 `became-law`
- **2008-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-03** Ratified
- **2008-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2008
- **2008-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Rec From House
- **2007-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-06** Placed On Cal For 3/7/2007
- **2007-03-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-01-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef8ce045-f228-4010-a9ed-1b80f08a0d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).