---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Affairs Comm. Membership."
description: "Military Affairs Comm. Membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1159"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1159 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "LT. GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "MILITARY AFFAIRS COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. HARGETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-18"
last_action: "2004-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b65dcc8f-8022-4d91-a15b-49fe26b1c069"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5ab6aa801dde1fc64a5dd972cfaaaf5ed54380fe34baed37e076e7186cec0c79"
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 1159 (2003) — Military Affairs Comm. Membership.

## 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/S1159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1159v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1159v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1159v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-02** Ch. SL 2004-49 `became-law`
- **2004-07-02** Signed By Gov. 7/1/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **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`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-19** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b65dcc8f-8022-4d91-a15b-49fe26b1c069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).