---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tag Agents Title Transaction Fee."
description: "Tag Agents Title Transaction Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1555"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1555 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "CONTRACTS", "DMV", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATIZATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "STUDIES", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "REP. SUTTON", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f1c5367-6d46-4dfc-a36d-78584af3ba9d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1555&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c6c9252e078159acfacbeccd804e8c2053c14b76a24f94d8e9b0cd1461a32405"
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 1555 (2003) — Tag Agents Title Transaction Fee.

## 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/H1555v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1555v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1555v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1555v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1555v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1555v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-08** Ch. SL 2004-77 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-30** Ratified
- **2004-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-22** Rec From House
- **2004-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-17** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-17** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2004-06-16** Amend Pending #1
- **2004-06-16** Postponed To 6/17/2004
- **2004-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2004
- **2004-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f1c5367-6d46-4dfc-a36d-78584af3ba9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).