---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deterring SUTA Dumping."
description: "Deterring SUTA Dumping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "North Carolina SB 326 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FRAUD", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e1f6ac-b7d0-410b-93ba-2ade8308972f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S326&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1cf3969a43ed7873963b21ea38e3f9ac5c3d706d19070a41f69d42f46fa4bd6c"
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 326 (2003) — Deterring SUTA Dumping.

## 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/S326v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-23** Ch. SL 2003-67 `became-law`
- **2003-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-15** Ratified
- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2003
- **2003-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/76e1f6ac-b7d0-410b-93ba-2ade8308972f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).