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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Remove Sunset/Private Correctional Officers."
+description: "Remove Sunset/Private Correctional Officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 497"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 497 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. HUNTER", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-13"
+last_action: "2003-07-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b2e468-26f0-49b1-9ddb-2e714991c126"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H497&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "53a94d1c77456da17a5f1e598e28ded591a7c5ca1fd795e0d10665d41fdfd5e6"
+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 497 (2003) — Remove Sunset/Private Correctional Officers.
+
+## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H497v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H497v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H497v2.pdf)
+4. **SL 2003-351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H497v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-351 `became-law`
+- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-15** Ratified
+- **2003-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-30** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
+- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-13** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65b2e468-26f0-49b1-9ddb-2e714991c126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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