---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABC-Sexually Explicit Conduct Banned."
description: "ABC-Sexually Explicit Conduct Banned."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "North Carolina SB 996 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COMMISSIONS", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FISCAL NOTES", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. GARROU", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bcd4510-cf5e-4ce3-a9d9-c3ae0b37d255"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S996&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2c2cf13e2f0bd9fa2214594be119069c7c6fbd0f1f519820ec8524afa11733c9"
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 996 (2003) — ABC-Sexually Explicit Conduct Banned.

## 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/S996v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S996v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S996v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S996v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S996v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S996v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrou — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-382 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-20** Ratified
- **2003-07-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2003
- **2003-07-20** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-28** 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/4bcd4510-cf5e-4ce3-a9d9-c3ae0b37d255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).