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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enhance Amusement Device Safety."
+description: "Enhance Amusement Device Safety."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 609"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 609 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FISCAL NOTES", "LABOR DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "WORK SAFETY", "REP. BAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-20"
+last_action: "2003-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8cf6e6-2eb9-4ebf-94a8-b394a77cea58"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H609&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "e83434ed51f76843edf86e36041ed78448ca0bbd4712ed47b91c1d9698758e47"
+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 609 (2003) — Enhance Amusement Device Safety.
+
+## 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/H609v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H609v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H609v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H609v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H609v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H609v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-170 `became-law`
+- **2003-06-18** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-06-05** Ratified
+- **2003-06-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
+- **2003-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-30** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
+- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Occupational Safety and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a8cf6e6-2eb9-4ebf-94a8-b394a77cea58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+