---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESC Surtax Delay."
description: "ESC Surtax Delay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1241"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1241 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "REP. LUEBKE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-23"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c5a8be7-33f1-40c4-bb90-af9065aa669c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1241&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "69c2d14f3af41d27272d2afbe7fcfa40cca1a9837ba7e0fdda68e1a03abfc7eb"
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 1241 (2003) — ESC Surtax Delay.

## 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/H1241v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1241v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1241v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1241v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1241v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luebke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-12** Ch. SL 2003-405 `became-law`
- **2003-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-18** Rec From House
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c5a8be7-33f1-40c4-bb90-af9065aa669c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).