---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Purchasing Flexibility."
description: "UNC Purchasing Flexibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 975"
citation: "North Carolina HB 975 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-08"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd5ac9ec-b49e-4db2-af4a-b1aa4d9791c8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H975&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bd226f31ea1b4adce854e857c478ffc95db6db2b6272b1f766681af9314fd183"
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 975 (2003) — UNC Purchasing Flexibility.

## 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/H975v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H975v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-228 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-11** Ratified
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-04** 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`
- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd5ac9ec-b49e-4db2-af4a-b1aa4d9791c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).