---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Professional Employer Organization."
description: "Regulate Professional Employer Organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "North Carolina SB 20 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCILS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LABOR DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b69d24-781e-4af2-b7f0-f703cbd799e4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S20&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c8885221304165dcc3e015db293739d5e73c30a43babe056670c86beb477cc8e"
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 20 (2003) — Regulate Professional Employer Organization.

## 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/S20v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2004-162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v7.pdf)

## Votes

- A4 Holliman\Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-162 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-13** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-13** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2004-07-13** Recalled From Senate
- **2004-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-12** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-08** Postponed To 7/12/2004
- **2004-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-07** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-07** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-06** Postponed To 7/7/2004
- **2004-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2004
- **2004-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-15** Rec From Senate
- **2003-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-02-10** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `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/50b69d24-781e-4af2-b7f0-f703cbd799e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).