---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Adjustment Act."
description: "Budget Adjustment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "North Carolina SB 274 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HOYLE", "SESSION LIMITS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a625063-d8d9-42bb-9373-c04c131f79d9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S274&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "63074be8a8a42e7dac436562e351bcb9c7192e7eb7506aed11a9d0b4c2066b34"
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 274 (2003) — Budget Adjustment Act.

## 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/S274v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-03** Ch. SL 2003-283 `became-law`
- **2003-07-03** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2003
- **2003-06-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-30** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-29** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-29** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-29** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-29** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a625063-d8d9-42bb-9373-c04c131f79d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).