---
type: "Bill"
title: "Science Safety in the Public Schools."
description: "Science Safety in the Public Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "North Carolina HB 42 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LABORATORIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Rapp", "Tarleton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/530b2b13-b224-4e70-a9f7-ff0ced7f9f07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H42&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "da5185588e3f4e50d5c567514ac1aa07dc45ce622e3bcfe80d0632cfad985c34"
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 42 (2009) — Science Safety in the Public Schools.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARJ-2-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/80/0/H42-ARJ-2-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Rapp — primary (person)
- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-05** Ch. SL 2009-59 `became-law`
- **2009-06-05** Signed By Gov. 6/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 6/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-01** Ratified
- **2009-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Rec From House
- **2009-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-30** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/30/2009
- **2009-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/530b2b13-b224-4e70-a9f7-ff0ced7f9f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).