---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend ASMFC Appointment."
description: "Amend ASMFC Appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "North Carolina SB 979 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISHERIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "MARINE FISHERIES COMN.", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41cbe98b-0b01-4bd2-8741-1035d3a8ee8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S979&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2162a07f2255cf3a4ebea53faa8bf14344a06221ee380fd0f03752b0aa4be6eb"
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 979 (2003) — Amend ASMFC Appointment.

## 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/S979v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S979v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S979v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S979v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S979v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-30** Ch. SL 2003-92 `became-law`
- **2003-05-30** Signed By Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-21** Pres. To Gov. 5/21/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-20** Ratified
- **2003-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2003
- **2003-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2003
- **2003-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/41cbe98b-0b01-4bd2-8741-1035d3a8ee8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).