---
type: "Bill"
title: "4-Year Terms/Teaching Standards Comm."
description: "4-Year Terms/Teaching Standards Comm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1449"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1449 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TEACHERS", "TEACHING STANDARDS COMN.", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "REP. JEFFUS", "REP. TOLSON", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffus", "Tolson", "Yongue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-12"
last_action: "2007-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6170101-1167-4f68-aa9b-2689f1794fda"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1449&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e52b404fe34a760a70c31261b7505517aec6efd0e3193eee7b7318249cbe0610"
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 1449 (2007) — 4-Year Terms/Teaching Standards Comm.

## 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/H1449v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1449v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1449v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1449v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1449v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffus — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-05** Ch. SL 2007-174 `became-law`
- **2007-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-27** Ratified
- **2007-06-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Rec From House
- **2007-05-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2007
- **2007-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6170101-1167-4f68-aa9b-2689f1794fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).