---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invite Gov. Easley First Flight."
description: "Invite Gov. Easley First Flight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SJR 1026"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1026 (2003)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AVIATION", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. RAND", "EASLEY", "MICHAEL F.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-06-12"
last_action: "2003-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46414f74-b0f4-49c9-b4c7-330d6e45d74c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1026&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "155020d8376ae5dedbc26e020dd6f7e45837b19d2f2548cb5cd479e18546ef00"
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 SJR 1026 (2003) — Invite Gov. Easley First Flight.

## 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/S1026v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2003-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-16** Ch. Res 2003-17 `became-law`
- **2003-06-16** Ratified
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2003
- **2003-06-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46414f74-b0f4-49c9-b4c7-330d6e45d74c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).