---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Obligation Debt/Purposes."
description: "Special Obligation Debt/Purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "North Carolina SB 137 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "FUNDING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MASS TRANSIT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c6c54d-f84b-4a1f-ae4e-8b1678e0f8a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S137&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ed2d07ea744171f222ee6d461e6248ff1b1947d5bcfee30819f3a8230de24337"
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 137 (2003) — Special Obligation Debt/Purposes.

## 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/S137v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **91–14** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **34–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-151 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-18** Ratified
- **2004-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-20** Fail Concur In H Amend #1, # 2, # 3, # 4
- **2003-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2003
- **2003-07-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-07-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-20** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2003-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-18** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-16** Engrossed
- **2003-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-12** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3c6c54d-f84b-4a1f-ae4e-8b1678e0f8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).