---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish State Education Grants."
description: "Establish State Education Grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "North Carolina HB 150 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "FISCAL NOTES", "GRANTS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3125e1d-f13f-4327-b3e7-37c65fbfc0c9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H150&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0d001aaef43862a8938f0376412ceb508db80e8dcf892e5a0b6c749acf33de18"
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 150 (2003) — Establish State Education Grants.

## 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/H150v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H150v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H150v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H150v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H150v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H150v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **66–47** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — primary (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-19** Ch. SL 2003-429 `became-law`
- **2003-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-16** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Rec From House
- **2003-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Failed #5 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-11** Amendment Withdrawn #2 & #3 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-15** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Reptd To Education
- **2003-03-17** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3125e1d-f13f-4327-b3e7-37c65fbfc0c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).