---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Real Estate Licensing Laws/Fees.-AB"
description: "Amend Real Estate Licensing Laws/Fees.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 328"
citation: "North Carolina HB 328 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL ESTATE COMN.", "TESTING", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97f52a1c-c706-4130-a6a8-d5cf379bd1e9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H328&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3405f4a5e7f9beeece5149d22916582fe096cd58c3dbb2df1eba39e400ceb3f2"
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 328 (2003) — Amend Real Estate Licensing Laws/Fees.-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/H328v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H328v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H328v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H328v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H328v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Rhodes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-361 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `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/97f52a1c-c706-4130-a6a8-d5cf379bd1e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).