---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus ESC Changes."
description: "Omnibus ESC Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "North Carolina SB 439 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-13"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ecdec72-4295-4ebd-8f5d-202842fdcb81"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S439&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c65cef70bcff176db4c371f98be4134946d73885d54c74abc5a845f211a8dd03"
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 439 (2003) — Omnibus ESC Changes.

## 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/S439v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S439v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion 12 - TO\RECALL FROM T\HE SENATE — **61–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-220 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-10** Ratified
- **2003-06-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Recalled From Senate
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2003
- **2003-06-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2003
- **2003-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-16** Engrossed
- **2003-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2003
- **2003-04-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/1ecdec72-4295-4ebd-8f5d-202842fdcb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).