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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modify Law/Contracts for School Principals."
+description: "Modify Law/Contracts for School Principals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 955"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 955 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEN. DANNELLY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-04-02"
+last_action: "2003-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c74704-4d74-4a0e-88ac-f789a8a88173"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S955&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "b3ba62e4d73a2d414a098628f345b2ae3cfce5a2c5a707ead14f6905a71d1d9e"
+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 955 (2003) — Modify Law/Contracts for School Principals.
+
+## 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/S955v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S955v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S955v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S955v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2003-291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S955v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **81–32** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Berger — cosponsor (person)
+- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Brock — cosponsor (person)
+- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
+- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
+- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-291 `became-law`
+- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-06-24** Ratified
+- **2003-06-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
+- **2003-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2003-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
+- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
+- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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/68c74704-4d74-4a0e-88ac-f789a8a88173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+