---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Arboretum Bd. of Directors."
description: "Amend Arboretum Bd. of Directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 851"
citation: "North Carolina SB 851 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARBORETUM BOARD", "BOARDS", "HORTICULTURE", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "SEN. METCALF", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5560b26a-bd7e-405f-8463-12907178ee0e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S851&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19470a6d3b272de4fe5b6e828426b24c78e43b877674c2eb1cee87a763951507"
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 851 (2003) — Amend Arboretum Bd. of Directors.

## 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/S851v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-31** Ch. SL 2003-102 `became-law`
- **2003-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `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/5560b26a-bd7e-405f-8463-12907178ee0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).