---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship Amendments."
description: "Guardianship Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1123"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1123 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/743da566-b22c-4efe-841c-2a69987c3538"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1123&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7ada35923ac306e57d6355af919f1f46a912130c5127acd38494e99847245f0"
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 1123 (2003) — Guardianship Amendments.

## 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/H1123v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1123v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1123v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1123v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1123v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-236 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-12** Ratified
- **2003-06-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Rec From House
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/743da566-b22c-4efe-841c-2a69987c3538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).