---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC's Official International Festival."
description: "NC's Official International Festival."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "North Carolina SB 840 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARPENTER", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d537d328-e1b2-43a8-845a-ddbbb2e89c51"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S840&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df25c56b570d80e0520a5f915fb89a822e1aff2f4d453fa6248cbe3c6f4723e6"
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 840 (2003) — NC's Official International Festival.

## 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/S840v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S840v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — 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)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — 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.

- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-315 `became-law`
- **2003-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-03** Ratified
- **2003-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2003
- **2003-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-12** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2003
- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
- **2003-06-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `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`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/d537d328-e1b2-43a8-845a-ddbbb2e89c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).