---
type: "Bill"
title: "Township ABC Elections."
description: "Township ABC Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "North Carolina SB 19 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e396857e-2066-4ca2-b9a8-667d83573af7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S19&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "86d36e44df5204f7f1d9233993ba6edff560dec26d2d09e553374625afcd9584"
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 19 (2003) — Township ABC Elections.

## 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/S19v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S19v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S19v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S19v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S19v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **60–41** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **67–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-218 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-10** Ratified
- **2003-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Alcoholic Beverage Control `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e396857e-2066-4ca2-b9a8-667d83573af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).