---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll. Facility/Public-Private P'ship."
description: "Comm. Coll. Facility/Public-Private P'ship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "North Carolina SB 773 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CONSTRUCTION", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATIZATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e1565f-8f90-49c7-bca8-505b3413d1cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S773&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "729f84d7c1e65f530deff269c15947940170bbb2f3bdfd32bf112bfee507f8a6"
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 773 (2003) — Comm. Coll. Facility/Public-Private P'ship.

## 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/S773v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-286 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-23** Ratified
- **2003-06-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/72e1565f-8f90-49c7-bca8-505b3413d1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).