---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development District."
description: "Economic Development District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "North Carolina SB 168 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "WAYNE COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SMITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-24"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebe5e24-fb40-46ca-a86d-471252c37a76"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "753df1300a101448ccfb2c1e6b4d2b7ef0c280199aebac47333329909c772c9d"
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 168 (2003) — Economic Development District.

## 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/S168v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-418 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Rec From Senate
- **2003-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-08** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ebe5e24-fb40-46ca-a86d-471252c37a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).