---
type: "Bill"
title: "Craven County ABC Law Enforcement."
description: "Craven County ABC Law Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "North Carolina SB 294 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC BOARDS", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SEN. THOMAS", "CRAVEN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c594a88a-32e0-4975-b152-aaca168f83b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e9c4e9167d0e7cf33fa40c0502c87b8bd43297df6703ab1a299ea77fd21602db"
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 294 (2003) — Craven County ABC Law Enforcement.

## 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/S294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-23** Ch. SL 2003-20 `became-law`
- **2003-04-23** Ratified
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Alcoholic Beverage Control `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government and Veterans' Affairs `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/c594a88a-32e0-4975-b152-aaca168f83b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).