---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lifetime Cert. After Teaching 50 Years."
description: "Lifetime Cert. After Teaching 50 Years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1308 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-04"
last_action: "2007-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf6ce0d-eeb3-4f79-8ac0-6090aa2524d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1308&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c8bce90e94d66e8ad45b764eeb426c426a0a75790ee55fcd07bfb67ba720489a"
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 1308 (2007) — Lifetime Cert. After Teaching 50 Years.

## 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/H1308v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1308v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1308v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1308v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-29** Ch. SL 2007-478 `became-law`
- **2007-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-30** Ratified
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf6ce0d-eeb3-4f79-8ac0-6090aa2524d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).