---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sch Safety Officers-Students/Sex Offenses."
description: "Sch Safety Officers-Students/Sex Offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "North Carolina SB 555 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEX OFFENSES", "STUDENTS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1bc134-5618-4652-a599-3472b0edf48f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S555&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f1cdc7d6b85bd7a2613e6dde7d7034849000e5302b9216ad528ac1f71e819060"
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 555 (2003) — Sch Safety Officers-Students/Sex Offenses.

## 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/S555v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-30** Ch. SL 2003-98 `became-law`
- **2003-05-30** Signed By Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1bc134-5618-4652-a599-3472b0edf48f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).