---
type: "Bill"
title: "Formula Cost-Effective Veh. Replacement.-AB"
description: "Formula Cost-Effective Veh. Replacement.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "North Carolina HB 344 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. JEFFUS", "REP. WALEND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffus"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630aff8a-4bcd-4fda-9156-90924044fc55"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H344&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b24710e4d679892766098b7fdd69b752695796404a4490308b03edb77704e7e9"
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 344 (2003) — Formula Cost-Effective Veh. Replacement.-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/H344v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H344v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H344v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H344v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H344v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffus — primary (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-177 `became-law`
- **2003-06-18** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-02** Ratified
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Transportation `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/630aff8a-4bcd-4fda-9156-90924044fc55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).