---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Teacher Ed./Active Military."
description: "Encourage Teacher Ed./Active Military."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "North Carolina SB 803 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MILITARY BASES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REMOTE LEARNING", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "SEN. FORRESTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1931d8a-77ec-4fda-8f3e-369560adf256"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S803&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e23ba82586d126a4ded449ec3f9ef7cc43feabb978f92a36958e57318575086c"
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 803 (2001) — Encourage Teacher Ed./Active Military.

## 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/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S803v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S803v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S803v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-146 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-24** Pres. To Gov. 5/24/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-23** Ratified
- **2001-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1931d8a-77ec-4fda-8f3e-369560adf256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).