---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Workplace Violence."
description: "Prevent Workplace Violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 916"
citation: "North Carolina SB 916 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "WORK SAFETY", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a4e9d4e-d341-4597-adfc-da6fdaa2e853"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S916&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec11ad73b2f4046292970d00973bfcc5ac8792aeb256c9aea6708bb0d5784ce6"
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 916 (2003) — Prevent Workplace Violence.

## 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/S916v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2004-165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S916v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-165 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-17** Ratified
- **2004-07-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2004
- **2004-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Occupational Safety and Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Engrossed
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-29** 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/2a4e9d4e-d341-4597-adfc-da6fdaa2e853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).