---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetic Art/Continuing Ed/Penalty Change."
description: "Cosmetic Art/Continuing Ed/Penalty Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "North Carolina HB 173 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "BLANK BILL", "BOARDS", "COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS BOARD", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "ETHICS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HOWARD", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c342e66e-1cf1-4ca5-998c-d52f310c1464"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H173&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b77922ec5101527e47dd7a3a10e01c96b1a864b346a3b39599f82bf48c2b743f"
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 173 (2003) — Cosmetic Art/Continuing Ed/Penalty Change.

## 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/H173v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v7.pdf)
9. **SL 2004-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H173v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-142 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Engrossed
- **2004-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-13** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2004
- **2004-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-07-09** Amend Pending # 1
- **2004-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-07-07** Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
- **2004-07-07** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-14** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Rec From House
- **2003-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/c342e66e-1cf1-4ca5-998c-d52f310c1464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).