---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greensboro Ordinance Publication."
description: "Greensboro Ordinance Publication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1608"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1608 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. ADAMS", "REP. BLUST", "REP. BOWIE", "REP. JEFFUS", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JONES", "REP. WOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ce04b68-9d62-4f9f-afb1-1d651ba2349c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1608&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dd6d700246fe023644060aae23dbf398aa0add143e3defb32bf66a80f4c4f592"
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 1608 (2003) — Greensboro Ordinance Publication.

## 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/H1608v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1608v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1608v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1608v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1608v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1608v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Wood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-24** Ch. SL 2004-20 `became-law`
- **2004-06-24** Ratified
- **2004-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2004
- **2004-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2004
- **2004-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Local Government II `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/3ce04b68-9d62-4f9f-afb1-1d651ba2349c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).