---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worthless Check Program/Extend Statewide."
description: "Worthless Check Program/Extend Statewide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1026 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEYS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SEXTON", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d06aafe5-a4a2-403c-9e0c-5af0916dcb48"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1026&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3230467f55afc7bf941b7472d939c8355138f1de23b79d3c3a80d7168615da23"
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 1026 (2003) — Worthless Check Program/Extend Statewide.

## 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/H1026v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1026v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1026v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1026v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1026v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-377 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-16** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Rec From House
- **2003-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d06aafe5-a4a2-403c-9e0c-5af0916dcb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).