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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amend Child Welfare Laws.-AB"
+description: "Amend Child Welfare Laws.-AB"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 421"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 421 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "FOSTER CARE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "SEN. METCALF", "SEN. RAND", "SEN. THOMAS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-13"
+last_action: "2003-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7582a5c1-9f7d-4389-93e8-759b7bd7a340"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S421&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "1f49bae8f39012c57a35f6b77bbe1f230735b0e320d1b0a453bc054f27290b8c"
+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 SB 421 (2003) — Amend Child Welfare Laws.-AB
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S421v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2003-304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Rand — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-304 `became-law`
+- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-06-25** Ratified
+- **2003-06-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
+- **2003-06-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-19** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-17** Postponed To 6/19/2003
+- **2003-06-11** Postponed To 6/17/2003
+- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
+- **2003-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
+- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/7582a5c1-9f7d-4389-93e8-759b7bd7a340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+