---
type: "Bill"
title: "Engineers/Acquire Property/Raise Civ.Penalty."
description: "Engineers/Acquire Property/Raise Civ.Penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 592"
citation: "North Carolina SB 592 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS", "ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS BOARD", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SURVEYING", "TITLE CHANGE", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2cc3652-1092-466d-b1c9-27b0b95dbc43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S592&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36bc2950692c1105e17f367e9baad7d48d885f5fec461dd18ca6762c3f50c19c"
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 592 (2003) — Engineers/Acquire Property/Raise Civ.Penalty.

## 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/S592v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S592v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S592v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S592v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S592v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S592v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **107–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-347 `became-law`
- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2003
- **2003-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Engrossed
- **2003-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Finance `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/d2cc3652-1092-466d-b1c9-27b0b95dbc43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).