---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Ray Charles."
description: "Honor Ray Charles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SJR 1441"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1441 (2003)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT", "CHARLES", "RAY", "ROBINSON", "RAY CHARLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-06-22"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b1e5372-fff7-43b4-98da-ec85b7a16b29"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1441&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9b584cd965e08ba029ad59ecaae23551ae4ad549858e3aedfd8c4cca2b58a1fc"
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 1441 (2003) — Honor Ray Charles.

## 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/S1441v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1441v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2004-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1441v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-09** Ch. Res 2004-11 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Ratified
- **2004-07-08** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2004
- **2004-07-07** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2004-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2004
- **2004-06-30** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2004
- **2004-06-24** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-06-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b1e5372-fff7-43b4-98da-ec85b7a16b29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).