---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Name of Edgecombe Co. Schools."
description: "Change Name of Edgecombe Co. Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "North Carolina HB 396 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "REP. TOLSON", "EDGECOMBE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2003-03-10"
last_action: "2003-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5a1e1f-20e8-43a1-8301-7de12d5dee52"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H396&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "af3a940d8e7034171e892f424cdcf51aa74c8c8ecccb307e2421d9d1a5a68cfb"
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 396 (2003) — Change Name of Edgecombe Co. Schools.

## 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/H396v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H396v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H396v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H396v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H396v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-03** Ch. SL 2003-125 `became-law`
- **2003-06-02** Ratified
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Rec From House
- **2003-04-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2003
- **2003-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-11** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d5a1e1f-20e8-43a1-8301-7de12d5dee52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).