republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-993.md

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Bill	An Act to Safeguard Children.	An Act to Safeguard Children.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 993	North Carolina SB 993 (2003)	bill	ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE BOARDS COURTS CRIMES EDUCATION EDUCATION STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ETHICS EVIDENCE FEES INVESTIGATIONS LICENSING & CERTIFICATION OCCUPATIONS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SAFETY SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS TEACHERS WITNESSES SEN. GARROU CHAPTERED	enacted		5	30	2	2003-04-02	2003-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/38d5d1f0-0959-43e4-b04a-581d789f3a40	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S993&votesToView=all	4ce419f9c842b878f8ebf1bd85c1d2cf51bb505df44a43b841139b14cddb777b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 993 (2003) — An Act to Safeguard Children.

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. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL 2003-408 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion 8\To Concur — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dalton — cosponsor (person)
• Garrou — cosponsor (person)
• Hagan — cosponsor (person)
• Stevens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-08-13 Ch. SL 2003-408 became-law
• 2003-08-13 Signed By Gov. 8/13/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-07-17 Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-07-15 Ratified
• 2003-07-14 Concurred In H Amend # 3 amendment-passage
• 2003-07-10 Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
• 2003-07-10 Rec To Concur In H Amend
• 2003-07-09 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2003-07-09 Amend Failed #4 amendment-failure
• 2003-07-09 Amend Adopted #3 amendment-passage
• 2003-07-09 Amend Failed #2 amendment-failure
• 2003-07-08 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2003-07-08 Amend Failed #1 amendment-failure
• 2003-06-26 Placed On Cal For 6/27/2003
• 2003-06-23 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-06-23 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-05-28 Re-ref Com On Finance referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2003-05-28 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-05-28 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-05-01 Ref to the Com on Education and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Rec From Senate
• 2003-05-01 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-04-28 Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
• 2003-04-28 Withdrawn From Comm
• 2003-04-23 Re-ref Com On Finance referral-committee
• 2003-04-23 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-04-23 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-03 Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38d5d1f0-0959-43e4-b04a-581d789f3a40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).