---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduce Privilege and Excise Taxes."
description: "Reduce Privilege and Excise Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1303 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "LICENSE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "REP. STARNES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-05-14"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3052616a-55c4-4827-a2e9-0db4c8c839fe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1303&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d09438460b06b19c302c6f41e6473b4107b2f3390509eb3220e780d90c91e800"
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 1303 (2003) — Reduce Privilege and Excise Taxes.

## 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/H1303v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1303v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1303v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1303v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1303v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-09** Ch. SL 2004-84 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-29** Ratified
- **2004-06-24** Conf Report #2 Adopted
- **2004-06-23** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2004
- **2004-06-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-23** Conf Rpt Rtn To Conf Com
- **2004-06-23** Conf Rpt Recon/withdrawn
- **2004-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2004
- **2004-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Conf Rpt Rtn To Conf Com
- **2004-06-21** Removed From Cal
- **2004-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2004
- **2004-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2004
- **2004-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-06-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-06-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-06-01** Fail Concur In S Amend #2
- **2004-06-01** Fail Concur In S Amend #1
- **2004-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2004
- **2004-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-26** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2004-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-19** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Com Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-08** Rec From House
- **2003-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/3052616a-55c4-4827-a2e9-0db4c8c839fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).