---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco Escrow Compliance."
description: "Tobacco Escrow Compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "North Carolina HB 348 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "TOBACCO FUND", "REP. DOCKHAM", "REP. HURLEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2002-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b4b300d-a262-4400-9444-5c809228a7a3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H348&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "045fece2d57b55da3d09553fcbb2370cbb8606f0976879744b0d0d73db489bda"
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 348 (2001) — Tobacco Escrow Compliance.

## 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/H348v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H348v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H348v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H348v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H348v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-04** Ch. SL 2002-145 `became-law`
- **2002-10-04** Signed By Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-03** Pres. To Gov. 10/3/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-02** Ratified
- **2002-10-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2002
- **2002-10-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-10-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-10-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2002
- **2002-10-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-10-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From House
- **2001-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2001
- **2001-04-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref to the Com on Insurance and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b4b300d-a262-4400-9444-5c809228a7a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).