---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carrboro Sprinklers/Chapel Hill Zoning."
description: "Carrboro Sprinklers/Chapel Hill Zoning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "North Carolina SB 494 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALARM SYSTEMS", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CARRBORO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-19"
last_action: "2003-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36c478c-ce85-47ee-877d-ba817153286a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S494&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "70777e55e37d1a7f6d533c1a9e51f043c3eb5b8b12ae666cd4d70653f98f7306"
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 494 (2003) — Carrboro Sprinklers/Chapel Hill Zoning.

## 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/S494v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-237 `became-law`
- **2003-06-19** Ratified
- **2003-06-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Postponed To 6/11/2003
- **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`
- **2003-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2003
- **2003-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-21** Re-ref Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-20** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d36c478c-ce85-47ee-877d-ba817153286a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).