---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Hazing Laws."
description: "Amend Hazing Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1171 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b257c3c-9d88-4ae3-b677-923b2b22f224"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1171&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ff617b3f825c0d53ff270a26a4b2cb2126ab0d589c480e62d8a1468906e3d9e"
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 1171 (2003) — Amend Hazing Laws.

## 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/H1171v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1171v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1171v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1171v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1171v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1171v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **10–36** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-299 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-24** Ratified
- **2003-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Failed # 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/9b257c3c-9d88-4ae3-b677-923b2b22f224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).