---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm Machinery Law/Notice of Termination."
description: "Farm Machinery Law/Notice of Termination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "North Carolina HB 116 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HILL", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8263e88a-4bea-4385-a256-3e1140498382"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H116&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8d5da58b157f240559a028638ca20fa68230c378d8e54fdcdf83e20326079055"
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 116 (2003) — Farm Machinery Law/Notice of Termination.

## 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/H116v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H116v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H116v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H116v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H116v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-195 `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** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8263e88a-4bea-4385-a256-3e1140498382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).