---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Comm. College Vacancy Election."
description: "State Board of Comm. College Vacancy Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SJR 1996"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1996 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-27"
last_action: "2008-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc989323-099f-4e38-9e64-bb380ab81810"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1996&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "89078c2db55a6b2d90761390b481752081fe0137f193c783017ffe163b4420ac"
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 SJR 1996 (2007) — State Board of Comm. College Vacancy Election.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1996v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1996v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1996v2.pdf)
4. **Res 2008-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1996v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-12** Ch. Res 2008-13 `became-law`
- **2008-06-12** Ratified
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-05** Ref To Com On Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2008
- **2008-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-02** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-05-29** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2008
- **2008-05-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2008
- **2008-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc989323-099f-4e38-9e64-bb380ab81810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).