---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cabarrus Work Over Welfare Changes."
description: "Cabarrus Work Over Welfare Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "North Carolina SB 319 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "BLANK BILL", "BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "LOCAL", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "POVERTY", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WELFARE", "WORK FIRST", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7edb50ae-9f76-4022-9f7b-75de2af8d3e5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S319&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8b386fc9e330aa3427220bd636043b0b9ee0d5eb2211a84f41993d11f00edf5c"
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 319 (2003) — Cabarrus Work Over Welfare Changes.

## 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/S319v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-12** Ch. SL 2003-188 `became-law`
- **2003-06-12** Ratified
- **2003-06-11** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2003
- **2003-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Children, Youth and Families `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Re-ref Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7edb50ae-9f76-4022-9f7b-75de2af8d3e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).