---
type: "Bill"
title: "State of the State."
description: "State of the State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SJR 138"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 138 (2003)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. RAND", "EASLEY", "MICHAEL F.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a40f3b-3cf4-4f59-8069-6eb97153acf6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S138&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "48f20c5f99a5617faf0c21dee4015faf4593bd337b599ff56f7fcf21a141de22"
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 138 (2003) — State of the State.

## 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/S138v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S138v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2003-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S138v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-26** Ch. Res 2003-2 `became-law`
- **2003-02-26** Ratified
- **2003-02-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-02-26** Placed On Cal For 2/26/2003
- **2003-02-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-25** Rec From Senate
- **2003-02-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-02-24** Placed On Cal For 2/24/2003
- **2003-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a40f3b-3cf4-4f59-8069-6eb97153acf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).