---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Swine Moratoria."
description: "Extend Swine Moratoria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 593"
citation: "North Carolina SB 593 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "MORATORIUMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab56d954-8788-4b4f-976b-23facc521a5f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S593&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3624c2d49275a8991a8b7b6a451157e3f66c2050c2bdf058ebd8c8b7aa50ae2e"
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 593 (2003) — Extend Swine Moratoria.

## 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/S593v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–11** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **102–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-266 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-19** Ratified
- **2003-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2003
- **2003-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `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/ab56d954-8788-4b4f-976b-23facc521a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).