---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualified Business Credit/Ports Credit."
description: "Qualified Business Credit/Ports Credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1294 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEFINITIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INVESTMENTS", "PORTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TAX CREDITS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. G. ALLEN", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-05-14"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34dda1f5-cfe3-42aa-9916-44fc4f6133ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1b2691baf8a26243850d0553f06fdd9c237e13a284435900ebefa409a970bdf4"
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 1294 (2003) — Qualified Business Credit/Ports Credit.

## 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/H1294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **99–9** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-414 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-09** Engrossed
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Failed # 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Rec From House
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2003
- **2003-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34dda1f5-cfe3-42aa-9916-44fc4f6133ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).