---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses' Special Registration Plate."
description: "Nurses' Special Registration Plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "North Carolina HB 237 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TUITION", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c422474-83a2-4940-9508-7cd898aa3790"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H237&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7eb539f16bb92068a4b9fce9d990902f4bf5dd4ca53174e86a694923049ba7b"
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 237 (2003) — Nurses' Special Registration Plate.

## 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/H237v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H237v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H237v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H237v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H237v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Munford — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-14** Ch. SL 2003-11 `became-law`
- **2003-04-14** Signed By Gov. 4/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-07** Pres. To Gov. 4/3/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-02** Ratified
- **2003-04-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2003
- **2003-04-01** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Rec From House
- **2003-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2003
- **2003-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c422474-83a2-4940-9508-7cd898aa3790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).