---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccination."
description: "Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "North Carolina HB 273 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DISEASES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "VACCINES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Lucas", "Warner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7de815-7617-48bb-b263-f5c599bd9175"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H273&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1b30290c34be869db53f0df64abd8373a9aeb94e98da109b06e3e72d6fa52d2a"
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 273 (2003) — Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccination.

## 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/H273v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H273v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H273v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H273v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H273v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H273v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Warner — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Munford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-169 `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`
- **2003-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From House
- **2003-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Postponed To 4/16/2003
- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/8/2003
- **2003-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `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/be7de815-7617-48bb-b263-f5c599bd9175`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).