---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probationary Period Shortened/Career Tchrs."
description: "Probationary Period Shortened/Career Tchrs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "North Carolina HB 38 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. ADAMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34009fcf-2b8f-43cf-bce7-658941ba776b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H38&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1f1a8459fa793ed57bbdb9880d5d832b46fe51cf921123d8434ae5010482b2cb"
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 38 (2003) — Probationary Period Shortened/Career Tchrs.

## 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/H38v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H38v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H38v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H38v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H38v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H38v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-302 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-25** Ratified
- **2003-06-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34009fcf-2b8f-43cf-bce7-658941ba776b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).