---
type: "Bill"
title: "Johnston Coroner Abolished."
description: "Johnston Coroner Abolished."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1125"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1125 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORONERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SMITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2004-05-13"
last_action: "2004-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/923e7f64-dc68-436c-99df-b6934abe1981"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1125&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a01fed9088f6efc4000e56c0073f829351821f43021a2f5d1807528314fae873"
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 1125 (2003) — Johnston Coroner Abolished.

## 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/S1125v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1125v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1125v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1125v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-28** Ch. SL 2004-18 `became-law`
- **2004-06-24** Ratified
- **2004-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-31** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-17** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/923e7f64-dc68-436c-99df-b6934abe1981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).