---
type: "Bill"
title: "Winston-Salem Ordinances/Chronic Violators."
description: "Winston-Salem Ordinances/Chronic Violators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "North Carolina HB 153 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LANDOWNERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. WOMBLE", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1df6c23-8c43-48d1-94a1-13f0ad41d9b2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H153&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce67a6e69c8a74209e4733536998e00e58cec52a0b1fa7207e46c3b5a8136ec4"
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 153 (2003) — Winston-Salem Ordinances/Chronic Violators.

## 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/H153v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H153v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H153v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H153v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-03** Ch. SL 2003-120 `became-law`
- **2003-06-02** Ratified
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Rec From House
- **2003-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-20** Placed On Cal For 3/24/2003
- **2003-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-03** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1df6c23-8c43-48d1-94a1-13f0ad41d9b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).