---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gen. Contrs. Board/Bidding."
description: "Gen. Contrs. Board/Bidding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "North Carolina SB 437 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-13"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7921a69e-4fc2-4d35-a708-091ee75f1137"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S437&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "60de52c8df5a09336765d7305aca6d1f04242b08f66f58cda3b14ae228e5df26"
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 437 (2003) — Gen. Contrs. Board/Bidding.

## 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/S437v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-231 `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`
- **2003-06-05** 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`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/7921a69e-4fc2-4d35-a708-091ee75f1137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).