---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll. Financial Aid Process Clarified.-AB"
description: "Comm. Coll. Financial Aid Process Clarified.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "North Carolina HB 234 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "TUITION", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bea2129-e378-4faf-aa43-db3f1c5ed466"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H234&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9779fc295bdea0105ba0b32543abf69afb1c8f6b120c1e8215c9617781221e28"
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 234 (2003) — Comm. Coll. Financial Aid Process Clarified.-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/H234v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H234v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H234v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H234v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-20** Ch. SL 2003-52 `became-law`
- **2003-05-20** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-20** Pres. To Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-19** Ratified
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bea2129-e378-4faf-aa43-db3f1c5ed466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).