---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age/Eligibility/NC Schools for the Deaf."
description: "Age/Eligibility/NC Schools for the Deaf."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "North Carolina SB 503 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-20"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7011b75-aa82-42a4-980c-c6e95c5bcebd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S503&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "78b6db31a3712966a111c29fec15e9e8da3457babb0d7f2aa666dd139f10933f"
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 503 (2003) — Age/Eligibility/NC Schools for the Deaf.

## 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/S503v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-253 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-17** Ratified
- **2003-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-03** Postponed To 6/5/2003
- **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`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7011b75-aa82-42a4-980c-c6e95c5bcebd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).