---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Respiratory Care Practice Act/Fees."
description: "Amend Respiratory Care Practice Act/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1257 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESPIRATORY CARE BOARD", "REP. NYE", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tolson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-23"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3fea8f-0a58-4a93-9950-597acfe145b3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1257&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b6bf93ce6205db7f9679acda43359579f5fe27e796d46ca1fbf9db048e7abb6"
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 1257 (2003) — Amend Respiratory Care Practice Act/Fees.

## 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/H1257v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tolson — primary (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-384 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Amend Failed # 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-07-17** Amend Recon # 1
- **2003-07-17** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Amend Tabled # 2
- **2003-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-26** Ref to Health & Human Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-26** Rec From House
- **2003-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-24** Amends Ruled Material
- **2003-06-24** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-06-23** Postponed To 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Finance `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/7d3fea8f-0a58-4a93-9950-597acfe145b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).