---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lower ESC Reserve Fund Cap."
description: "Lower ESC Reserve Fund Cap."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "1991E1"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "North Carolina SB 4 (1991E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["No associated keywords"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1991-12-30"
last_action: "1992-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ac1793-2a9c-4a68-a5e4-2197eb9a4e22"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=1991E1&BillID=S4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a8fad28c289a3d9a1ca252eb5a485b7a67eb251e46f6ee0dcccd631266932b12"
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 4 (1991E1) — Lower ESC Reserve Fund Cap.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/1991E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v1.pdf)
2. **SL 1991-6es** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/1991E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Royall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1992-01-24** Ch. SL 6 `became-law`
- **1992-01-24** Ratified
- **1992-01-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **1992-01-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **1992-01-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **1992-01-13** Rec From Senate
- **1992-01-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **1991-12-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **1991-12-30** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **1991-12-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ac1793-2a9c-4a68-a5e4-2197eb9a4e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).