---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Agency Debt Setoff."
description: "Regional Agency Debt Setoff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1420"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1420 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "FUNDING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GLOBAL TRANSPARK AUTHORITY", "GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LAROQUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-11"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d5ea4e-52c7-4a25-a558-33d9ba573bc5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1420&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f86433822750ba2e72840ece8946602d7ffc1d407a268692606b3df1442427e0"
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 1420 (2003) — Regional Agency Debt Setoff.

## 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/H1420v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1420v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1420v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1420v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Not Concur — **14–97** (fail) · lower
- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **111–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-138 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-14** Ratified
- **2004-07-13** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2004
- **2004-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-07-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-06** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2004-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2004
- **2004-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2004
- **2004-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-13** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37d5ea4e-52c7-4a25-a558-33d9ba573bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).