---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales Representative Commissions Revisions."
description: "Sales Representative Commissions Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "North Carolina SB 293 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "EMPLOYMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SALES", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1cdd99-ef47-4245-8e1f-ce40d552b260"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S293&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c2bff020a4a13f2143731cd4105befd03cbb66d3ea530b88ca517321737d94f"
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 293 (2003) — Sales Representative Commissions Revisions.

## 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/S293v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S293v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **104–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-20** Ch. SL 2003-331 `became-law`
- **2003-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-09** Ratified
- **2003-07-08** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-18** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c1cdd99-ef47-4245-8e1f-ce40d552b260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).