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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "UNC Purchasing Flexibility."
+description: "UNC Purchasing Flexibility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 975"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 975 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-04-08"
+last_action: "2003-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd5ac9ec-b49e-4db2-af4a-b1aa4d9791c8"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H975&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "bd226f31ea1b4adce854e857c478ffc95db6db2b6272b1f766681af9314fd183"
+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 975 (2003) — UNC Purchasing Flexibility.
+
+## 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/H975v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2003-228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-228 `became-law`
+- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-06-11** Ratified
+- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
+- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
+- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-08** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd5ac9ec-b49e-4db2-af4a-b1aa4d9791c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+