---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternatives to School Competency Test."
description: "Alternatives to School Competency Test."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 801"
citation: "North Carolina HB 801 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TESTING", "REP. WARNER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192fd2cb-b362-4e10-853b-2456df6730d2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H801&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "519c9b6ecaca05fc878999aea6c6ca965dc3b65a586fda5f232f0d7527c776f6"
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 HB 801 (2003) — Alternatives to School Competency Test.

## 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/House/PDF/H801v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H801v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H801v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H801v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H801v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-275 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-18** Ratified
- **2003-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/192fd2cb-b362-4e10-853b-2456df6730d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).