---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Motorsports Testing and Research/Funds."
description: "NC Motorsports Testing and Research/Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "North Carolina SB 3 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "RESEARCH", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "SPORTS", "STATE CONTROLLER", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "UNC", "SEN. HOYLE", "SESSION LIMITS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-29"
last_action: "2004-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db6bb72a-9271-463f-a7e8-6468c1ef0cb2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "baa7c7abbf2b67643b8eb09c5cb843614d698c37543b359a8c6857f0ecdb4f7a"
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 3 (2003) — NC Motorsports Testing and Research/Funds.

## 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/S3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **85–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-12** Ch. SL 2004-184 `became-law`
- **2004-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/11/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-18** Ratified
- **2004-07-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2004
- **2004-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2004
- **2004-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-02-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-02-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-02-18** Amend Failed # 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-02-18** Placed On Cal For 2/18/2003
- **2003-02-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-02-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** Held As Filed
- **2003-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db6bb72a-9271-463f-a7e8-6468c1ef0cb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).