---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation/Pub. Sch. Employees/Active Duty."
description: "Compensation/Pub. Sch. Employees/Active Duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "North Carolina SB 714 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TEACHERS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-01"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1cda483-a758-4d3e-8653-3e0a1cd07b2a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S714&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d77bd93ff3e097a76fdf88e5a709ae5355b245cab01b3eb2690d3e6b1beba8e"
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 714 (2003) — Compensation/Pub. Sch. Employees/Active Duty.

## 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/S714v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-301 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-25** Ratified
- **2003-06-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-22** Postponed To 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2003
- **2003-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-17** 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/b1cda483-a758-4d3e-8653-3e0a1cd07b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).