---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Acquisition by Counties Statewide."
description: "School Acquisition by Counties Statewide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "North Carolina SB 301 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "BOARDS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KERR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba0d9bf-fa7c-4410-bdab-8e1bfab6d0c9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S301&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "11b68853abecc791d3c71956e70324b44fdd5f091c0c992522bd33e84f3c37b3"
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 301 (2003) — School Acquisition by Counties Statewide.

## 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/S301v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-355 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-08** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-11** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-11** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/6ba0d9bf-fa7c-4410-bdab-8e1bfab6d0c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).