---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate IRB Wage Standard."
description: "Eliminate IRB Wage Standard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1063"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1063 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MANUFACTURING", "MINIMUM WAGE", "PERSONNEL", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. KERR", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. JENKINS", "SEN. QUEEN", "SEN. SLOAN", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-12"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/247217b1-e43c-42f4-9166-0e399485d456"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1063&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b6a7009ed013d9f8cf5cbbc59dfb693264dc81cc46d225910ba9aee971c9836e"
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 SB 1063 (2003) — Eliminate IRB Wage Standard.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1063v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1063v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1063v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1063v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1063v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1063v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **93–15** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-132 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Ratified
- **2004-07-13** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-13** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2004
- **2004-07-12** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2004
- **2004-07-12** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-06-29** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2004-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2004
- **2004-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-21** Amend Temporarily Displaced #2
- **2004-06-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2004
- **2004-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2004
- **2004-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/247217b1-e43c-42f4-9166-0e399485d456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).