---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco-Free Schools."
description: "Tobacco-Free Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "North Carolina SB 583 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc1595f-8b8b-4361-a983-b6f80fc79b0d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S583&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ae0a773e80af28b7a2f8f16d961ffc2c90073bafa6f1178aa0f565cacac593c0"
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 583 (2003) — Tobacco-Free Schools.

## 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/S583v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **76–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-421 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-16** Ratified
- **2003-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Postponed To 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-08** Amendment Withdrawn #2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-07-08** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-06-25** Postponed To 7/2/2003
- **2003-06-18** Postponed To 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-29** Engrossed
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc1595f-8b8b-4361-a983-b6f80fc79b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).