---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchase Contracts/Increase UNC Benchmark."
description: "Purchase Contracts/Increase UNC Benchmark."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1070 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. MINER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/951881e9-9b5e-4847-835b-44ffb078f5ce"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1070&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4e9c2181de19ab2abadb2a962970bf8ba95dddde3e8c9be8c7e831ce87dfa5c"
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 HB 1070 (2003) — Purchase Contracts/Increase UNC Benchmark.

## 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/House/PDF/H1070v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1070v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1070v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1070v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1070v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1070v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **62–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miner — primary (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-312 `became-law`
- **2003-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-05** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From House
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/951881e9-9b5e-4847-835b-44ffb078f5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).