---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualif. for Magistrates/Juvenile Cust. Pilot."
description: "Qualif. for Magistrates/Juvenile Cust. Pilot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "North Carolina SB 753 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COUNTIES", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "MAGISTRATES", "MINORS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "HARNETT COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f37445-e8de-4056-b88c-0f55554ad0d6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S753&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4cffedfade3cbb5940c6b71db5238468cabd58a0a4cafca7c87194d32739a6a6"
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 753 (2003) — Qualif. for Magistrates/Juvenile Cust. Pilot.

## 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/S753v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S753v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S753v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S753v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S753v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S753v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-381 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4f37445-e8de-4056-b88c-0f55554ad0d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).