---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Day a Holiday for School Staff."
description: "Veterans Day a Holiday for School Staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "North Carolina HB 421 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CALENDAR", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HOLIDAYS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "VETERANS", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-11"
last_action: "2003-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6c5b1e5-5d87-4b6f-8f22-de066483f629"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H421&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9acb746cfcc512896abe6da369bb70d8710fb87c25465416e98ad7175ed7617a"
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 421 (2003) — Veterans Day a Holiday for School Staff.

## 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/H421v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H421v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H421v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H421v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H421v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H421v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-05** Ch. SL 2003-131 `became-law`
- **2003-06-05** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 5/28/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-27** Ratified
- **2003-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Rec From House
- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Postponed To 4/8/2003
- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2003
- **2003-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-12** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6c5b1e5-5d87-4b6f-8f22-de066483f629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).