---
type: "Bill"
title: "Durham MWBE."
description: "Durham MWBE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "North Carolina SB 503 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY MANAGERS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WOMEN", "DURHAM COUNTY", "DURHAM", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-10"
last_action: "2009-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cecd6b25-ae17-4dc7-8a9b-ace1017999b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S503&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b58515a1be7653d524d8243d7dc102b7ad3917efc0646d102e1f2341b9c954ca"
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 503 (2009) — Durham MWBE.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S503v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **84–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-25** Ch. SL 2009-165 `became-law`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-11** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cecd6b25-ae17-4dc7-8a9b-ace1017999b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).