---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Facilities/Penalties."
description: "Child Care Facilities/Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 877"
citation: "North Carolina SB 877 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DAY CARE", "FISCAL NOTES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f6196d-253f-4dc4-ab0c-7fc97dec9fb8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S877&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f445514e67a9cfc11ff3074fe1ea88f2b84a9030eda08a78b4fc3e98a2d67ae4"
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 877 (2003) — Child Care Facilities/Penalties.

## 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/S877v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-16** Ch. SL 2003-192 `became-law`
- **2003-06-16** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-04** Ratified
- **2003-06-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-29** Engrossed
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Failed # 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-23** 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/a2f6196d-253f-4dc4-ab0c-7fc97dec9fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).