---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Care Ret./Tech. Changes.-AB"
description: "Continuing Care Ret./Tech. Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "North Carolina HB 253 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SETZER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4a6b9f6-f010-4dbb-a9e4-049fe77496b6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H253&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "03767b84473efe67c25b550c25351b0bfa076f32580a1a81d0309456e0f1e5e1"
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 253 (2003) — Continuing Care Ret./Tech. Changes.-AB

## 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/H253v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H253v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H253v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H253v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H253v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-193 `became-law`
- **2003-06-18** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-05** Ratified
- **2003-06-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
- **2003-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Rec From House
- **2003-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2003
- **2003-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Insurance `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/c4a6b9f6-f010-4dbb-a9e4-049fe77496b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).