---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advisory Members on State Board of Education."
description: "Advisory Members on State Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 698"
citation: "North Carolina SB 698 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEN. METCALF", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-01"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d431571-1976-451a-9595-f847e5854b24"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S698&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0d04c83215549ef8678dcd023652a0b596f6703138b987f523b4c54df40936f5"
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 698 (2003) — Advisory Members on State Board of Education.

## 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/S698v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S698v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S698v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S698v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S698v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S698v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-306 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-26** Ratified
- **2003-06-25** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref to the Com on Education and, if favorable, to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d431571-1976-451a-9595-f847e5854b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).