---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pyrotechnic Regulation Enhanced."
description: "Pyrotechnic Regulation Enhanced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 521"
citation: "North Carolina SB 521 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EXPLOSIVES", "FIREFIGHTING", "FIREWORKS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8673c1c-ce4c-4d6a-b01d-a3962f460f30"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S521&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c3911c774d3769b67dbfdfa09a357b751c2c21bf27c74da214339e9fe24e5c7"
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 521 (2003) — Pyrotechnic Regulation Enhanced.

## 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/S521v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S521v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-298 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-25** Ratified
- **2003-06-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Engrossed
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8673c1c-ce4c-4d6a-b01d-a3962f460f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).