---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Early College Attendance."
description: "Encourage Early College Attendance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "North Carolina HB 601 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-20"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750429a8-b0cb-4abd-bb47-f1c4a22891e9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H601&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3bfc1a4390f79e72471861eab61f7514c09c30ac543d9cb1d72c2e43d1552763"
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 601 (2003) — Encourage Early College Attendance.

## 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/H601v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H601v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H601v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H601v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H601v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-251 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-16** Ratified
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750429a8-b0cb-4abd-bb47-f1c4a22891e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).