---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Higher Ed. Property."
description: "Exempt Higher Ed. Property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "North Carolina SB 277 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TRUSTS", "UNC", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-03"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400c6c20-3727-4a0e-8d33-2f2369faefcc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9823fe2e2ef381f729b157b769db15b22cbc90108849786dfd069096949ce83c"
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 277 (2003) — Exempt Higher Ed. Property.

## 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/S277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **88–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-173 `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
- **2004-07-18** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2004
- **2004-07-18** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2004-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-18** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2004
- **2004-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-07-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-20** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-04** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/400c6c20-3727-4a0e-8d33-2f2369faefcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).