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+type: "Bill"
+title: "NC's Official International Festival."
+description: "NC's Official International Festival."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 840"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 840 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARTS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARPENTER", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-04-02"
+last_action: "2003-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d537d328-e1b2-43a8-845a-ddbbb2e89c51"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S840&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "df25c56b570d80e0520a5f915fb89a822e1aff2f4d453fa6248cbe3c6f4723e6"
+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 840 (2003) — NC's Official International Festival.
+
+## 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/S840v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- C Rpt Adopt — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
+- Allran — cosponsor (person)
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
+- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
+- Berger — cosponsor (person)
+- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Brock — cosponsor (person)
+- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
+- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
+- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
+- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
+- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
+- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
+- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
+- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
+- Horton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Malone — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
+- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Rand — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
+- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Soles — cosponsor (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
+- Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-315 `became-law`
+- **2003-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-03** Ratified
+- **2003-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2003
+- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2003-06-29** Conf Com Reported
+- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
+- **2003-06-27** Conf Com Reported
+- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2003
+- **2003-06-27** Conf Com Reported
+- **2003-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2003-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2003-06-12** Failed Concur In Com Sub
+- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2003
+- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
+- **2003-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
+- **2003-06-03** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
+- **2003-05-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
+- **2003-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-05-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-27** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
+- **2003-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
+- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d537d328-e1b2-43a8-845a-ddbbb2e89c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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