---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Flat Fee for Debt Collection."
description: "Adopt Flat Fee for Debt Collection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1497 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SUPPORT", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DIVORCE", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "TAXATION", "REP. G. ALLEN", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HILL", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. MINER", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE", "REP. WOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-17"
last_action: "2004-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd64aeb-1155-4130-a8c8-d6b6fe8a664c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1497&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7fc95dbd3bb19aa77f134c70865c5c485b44218a33a1e6b41c431785eab4b52"
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 1497 (2003) — Adopt Flat Fee for Debt Collection.

## 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/H1497v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1497v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1497v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1497v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1497v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-25** Ch. SL 2004-21 `became-law`
- **2004-06-28** Signed By Gov. 6/25/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-15** Ratified
- **2004-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** Rec From House
- **2004-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-05-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2004
- **2004-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd64aeb-1155-4130-a8c8-d6b6fe8a664c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).