---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Construction/Repair Flexibility."
description: "School Construction/Repair Flexibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 995"
citation: "North Carolina SB 995 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEN. HORTON", "SEN. GARROU", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/072f4fc3-cdf0-4274-921e-ea1f813ef660"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S995&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f4262041365c63e63a43533298b9f797c35748645e9596bdaf97d8072bb7da19"
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 995 (2003) — School Construction/Repair Flexibility.

## 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/S995v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S995v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-26** Ch. SL 2003-269 `became-law`
- **2003-06-26** Ratified
- **2003-06-26** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-23** Engrossed
- **2003-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/072f4fc3-cdf0-4274-921e-ea1f813ef660`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).