---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misc. Business Changes."
description: "Misc. Business Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1503 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "INVESTMENTS", "PARTNERSHIPS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-03"
last_action: "2002-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b22f791b-6b68-45be-b282-ed561dcf5183"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1503&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "793e11a74e2d7ab7471d9a3c38a3c2eabd28441f3d656da86daefff0d01e3723"
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 1503 (2001) — Misc. Business Changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1503v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1503v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1503v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1503v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1503v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-01** Ch. SL 2002-58 `became-law`
- **2002-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-23** Ratified
- **2002-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2002
- **2002-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** Rec From House
- **2002-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-17** Postponed To 6/18/2002
- **2002-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2002
- **2002-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b22f791b-6b68-45be-b282-ed561dcf5183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).