---
type: "Bill"
title: "SBE Study Use of At-Risk Funds."
description: "SBE Study Use of At-Risk Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1456"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1456 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. BELL", "REP. BONNER", "REP. PRESTON", "REP. WARNER", "REP. WARREN", "REP. WOMBLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BLACKWOOD", "REP. PARMON", "REP. SAULS", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Preston"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-13"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8dfecc-fcd5-4af2-ad88-adaddab4cef5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1456&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a8ca9fa009ab0e1d7dc74a13476c0d14afbbb9e934890677ecc6812505854f15"
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 1456 (2003) — SBE Study Use of At-Risk Funds.

## 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/H1456v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1456v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1456v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1456v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1456v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Preston — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-08** Ch. SL 2004-73 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-28** Ratified
- **2004-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2004
- **2004-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-17** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc8dfecc-fcd5-4af2-ad88-adaddab4cef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).