---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Bd. Members/Failure to Discharge Duty."
description: "School Bd. Members/Failure to Discharge Duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "North Carolina HB 43 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Glazier", "Martin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2eced6-06a9-4009-a16e-53ba341a1575"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H43&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b73efd90091a64a6cb772cdc58632dbade7e8c90c91171ee54bd02cb99551d77"
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 43 (2009) — School Bd. Members/Failure to Discharge Duty.

## 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/H43v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H43v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H43v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H43v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-15** Ch. SL 2009-107 `became-law`
- **2009-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-04** Ratified
- **2009-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2009
- **2009-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Rec From House
- **2009-03-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-02-26** Placed On Cal For 3/2/2009
- **2009-02-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary II `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/bd2eced6-06a9-4009-a16e-53ba341a1575`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).