republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-656.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Innovative Educ. Initiatives Act.	Innovative Educ. Initiatives Act.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 656	North Carolina SB 656 (2003)	bill	APPOINTMENTS BOARDS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD CURRICULUM EDUCATION EDUCATION BOARDS EDUCATION STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FUNDS & ACCOUNTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY GOVERNOR HIGHER EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRESENTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE PUBLIC PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT. RATIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION SPEAKER SEN. DALTON CHAPTERED FIRST IN EDUCATION ACCOUNT FIRST IN EDUCATION BOARD	enacted		7	22	2	2003-03-31	2003-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/591ace01-51ea-48ee-8eff-740bf4e5c528	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S656&votesToView=all	41547807c2419957dad0aa4294af344879c1e0a18eeb5119e494e9162858eef5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 656 (2003) — Innovative Educ. Initiatives Act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL 2003-277 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion 8\To Concur — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Albertson — cosponsor (person)
• Bingham — cosponsor (person)
• Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
• Dalton — cosponsor (person)
• Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
• Forrester — cosponsor (person)
• Garrou — cosponsor (person)
• Garwood — cosponsor (person)
• Gulley — cosponsor (person)
• Hagan — cosponsor (person)
• Hargett — cosponsor (person)
• Holloman — cosponsor (person)
• Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
• Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
• Purcell — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Rand — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Swindell — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-07-03 Ch. SL 2003-277 became-law
• 2003-07-03 Signed By Gov. 6/27/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-06-19 Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-06-18 Ratified
• 2003-06-17 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2003-06-16 Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
• 2003-06-16 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2003-06-12 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2003-06-12 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2003-06-12 Amend Failed #1 amendment-failure
• 2003-06-10 Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
• 2003-06-09 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-06-09 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-22 Ref To Com On Education referral-committee
• 2003-04-22 Rec From Senate
• 2003-04-17 Engrossed
• 2003-04-17 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-04-17 Amend Adopted # 1 amendment-passage
• 2003-04-16 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-04-16 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-01 Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/591ace01-51ea-48ee-8eff-740bf4e5c528. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).