---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tuition Waiver Correction."
description: "Tuition Waiver Correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "North Carolina SB 424 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMITTEES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTING", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RESCUE SQUADS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "TUITION", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-13"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e791c5-8df9-47c4-b246-78a857dd4596"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S424&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1e0eaee139a63ba0f57861cd31d55004ed6c29d24a3fcb905d94a6633e2b542e"
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 424 (2003) — Tuition Waiver Correction.

## 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/S424v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S424v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S424v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S424v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S424v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S424v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-230 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **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`
- **2003-06-02** Postponed To 6/5/2003
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2003
- **2003-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e791c5-8df9-47c4-b246-78a857dd4596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).