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type: "Bill"
title: "Innovative Educ. Initiatives Act."
description: "Innovative Educ. Initiatives Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "North Carolina SB 656 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591ace01-51ea-48ee-8eff-740bf4e5c528"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S656&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "41547807c2419957dad0aa4294af344879c1e0a18eeb5119e494e9162858eef5"
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 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](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S656v6.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **1070** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **480** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/591ace01-51ea-48ee-8eff-740bf4e5c528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).