---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voc. Rehab. Students in Comm. Coll./Funds.-AB"
description: "Voc. Rehab. Students in Comm. Coll./Funds.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "North Carolina HB 223 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION", "REP. L. JOHNSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ec6f08-5483-4d70-ab82-a47b94749d18"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H223&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "696e4fa1495b8fb4efd8e9273f1a853f956737a8793a1e3330c2a2e31e24fe3a"
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 223 (2003) — Voc. Rehab. Students in Comm. Coll./Funds.-AB

## 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/H223v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H223v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H223v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H223v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-385 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-17** Ratified
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-14** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Rec From House
- **2003-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ec6f08-5483-4d70-ab82-a47b94749d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).