---
type: "Bill"
title: "Monitor Coastal Water Quality."
description: "Monitor Coastal Water Quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 959"
citation: "North Carolina SB 959 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88f6210-36b2-417b-b07a-621caea019d9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S959&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "05da924c4510d875eeeff01336dd3513a357d072228db2e56e1353dcc1ca36e1"
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 959 (2003) — Monitor Coastal Water Quality.

## 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/S959v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S959v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S959v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S959v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-149 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-29** Ratified
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-16** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `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/d88f6210-36b2-417b-b07a-621caea019d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).