---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter Sch. & State Retire. & Med. Plans."
description: "Charter Sch. & State Retire. & Med. Plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "North Carolina SB 39 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INTEREST", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TEACHERS", "TSECMMP", "TSERS", "SEN. GULLEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-12"
last_action: "2003-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/662999b6-7123-4f14-bf23-7df166aaf742"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S39&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a6a03dc1294a4c1978342c79f90ce8c79e8bde86e190f54d380809e8883e020b"
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 39 (2003) — Charter Sch. & State Retire. & Med. Plans.

## 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/S39v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S39v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S39v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S39v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S39v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-23** Ch. SL 2003-69 `became-law`
- **2003-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-14** Ratified
- **2003-05-13** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
- **2003-05-12** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2003-05-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2003
- **2003-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-10** Ref to the Com on Education and, if favorable, to the Com on Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-19** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-05** Ref to Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits. If fav, re-ref to Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-13** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits. If fav, re-ref to Pensions & Retirement and Aging `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/662999b6-7123-4f14-bf23-7df166aaf742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).