---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter Schools/Deed Registration."
description: "Charter Schools/Deed Registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "North Carolina SB 35 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DEEDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHWAY TRUST FUND", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TEACHERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TSECMMP", "SEN. GULLEY", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-12"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c43a4d2-4747-4fe5-bc5a-3fb90222b1a8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S35&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dd4aa69324bf26746fa57f89371608dc080178b1307680a33de2a989c3e979b6"
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 35 (2003) — Charter Schools/Deed Registration.

## 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/S35v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-354 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Held by Senate
- **2003-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-17** Postponed To 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2003
- **2003-04-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-13** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c43a4d2-4747-4fe5-bc5a-3fb90222b1a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).