republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2021/hb-159.md

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Bill	Education Law Changes.	Education Law Changes.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2021	HB 159	North Carolina HB 159 (2021)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES APPOINTMENTS APPROPRIATIONS ARMED FORCES AUTHORITIES BOARDS BUDGETING CHAPTERED CHARTER SCHOOLS CHILD CARE COMN. CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES COMMERCE COMMISSIONS COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE CURRICULUM DAY CARE DHHS DISABLED PERSONS EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION & WORKFORCE INNOVATION COMN. EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY EDUCATION BOARDS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT FAMILY ISSUES FEES FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMS FOODS & BEVERAGES GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GRANTS HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LICENSING & CERTIFICATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERSHIP MINORS NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS PERSONNEL PRESENTED PRINCIPAL FELLOWS COMN. PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT. RATIFIED REPORTING REPORTS RETAILING SALARIES & BENEFITS SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & MATH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & MATH BOARD SCHOOL STAFF SECONDARY EDUCATION SESSION LAWS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BOARD OF STATE EMPLOYEES STEM STUDENTS TEACHERS TEACHING FELLOWS COMN. TUITION UNC UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS VENDING MACHINES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION	enacted	Torbett	13	57	2	2021-02-24	2022-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/db1f01ce-0681-40f9-80f8-151abfe785c6	https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H159	6333058eb0be4a4d7e41ab23396b11727e459319fb9c4d15dbb847f2f2e1ab7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 159 (2021) — Education Law Changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. A1: ABE-53-V-5 (committee substitute) — source
3. A1: ARQ-26-V-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
7. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
8. Edition 5 (committee substitute) — source
9. Edition 6 (committee substitute) — source
10. Edition 7 (committee substitute) — source
11. Edition 8 (committee substitute) — source
12. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
13. SL 2022-71 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• C RPT Adoption — 102–5 (pass) · lower
• Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Torbett — primary (person)
• Ager — cosponsor (person)
• Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
• Harrison — cosponsor (person)
• Insko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-07-08 Ch. SL 2022-71 became-law
• 2022-07-08 Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-07-01 Ratified
• 2022-07-01 Ordered Enrolled
• 2022-07-01 Conf Report Adopted
• 2022-07-01 Added to Calendar
• 2022-07-01 Conf Com Reported
• 2022-07-01 Conf Report Adopted
• 2022-07-01 Placed on Today's Calendar
• 2022-07-01 Conf Com Reported
• 2022-06-27 Conf Com Appointed
• 2022-06-23 Conf Com Appointed
• 2022-06-23 Failed Concur In S Com Sub
• 2022-06-23 Added to Calendar
• 2022-06-23 Withdrawn From Com
• 2022-06-16 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
• 2022-06-15 Regular Message Sent To House
• 2022-06-14 Engrossed
• 2022-06-14 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2022-06-14 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2022-06-14 Amend Adopted A1 amendment-passage
• 2022-06-13 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-08 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2022-06-08 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-26 Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2022-05-26 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-06-30 Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2021-06-30 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-06-16 Re-ref Com On Finance referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2021-06-16 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-04-05 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-05 Regular Message Received From House
• 2021-04-05 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2021-04-01 Ordered Engrossed
• 2021-04-01 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-01 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-01 Amend Adopted A1 amendment-passage
• 2021-03-31 Placed On Cal For 04/01/2021
• 2021-03-31 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2021-03-31 Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-03-09 Re-ref Com On Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-01 Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db1f01ce-0681-40f9-80f8-151abfe785c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).