---
type: "Bill"
title: "Monroe Claims Settlement."
description: "Monroe Claims Settlement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1588"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1588 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CITY MANAGERS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TORTS", "REP. GIBSON", "UNION COUNTY", "MONROE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bafef05-b2a4-49c6-a9f2-9b8e63d2702c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1588&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb22a2ca83182c7dbba43aebcb28f2dfad02b74c4dac46ae76a3175384267bff"
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 1588 (2003) — Monroe Claims Settlement.

## 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/H1588v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1588v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1588v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1588v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1588v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-21** Ch. SL 2004-15 `became-law`
- **2004-06-21** Ratified
- **2004-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-14** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-14** Rec From House
- **2004-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2004
- **2004-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Local Government I `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/1bafef05-b2a4-49c6-a9f2-9b8e63d2702c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).