---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Damage Limits for MV Accidents."
description: "Increase Damage Limits for MV Accidents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "North Carolina HB 358 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SAUNDERS", "REP. STARNES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Starnes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-06"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa674f7-8273-47d1-b6ef-6a82e5145603"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H358&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a4075b9cf9954cd22675028e6ee16aa5a56c031ded01e827129bd98941de4580"
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 358 (2003) — Increase Damage Limits for MV Accidents.

## 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/H358v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H358v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H358v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H358v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H358v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H358v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Starnes — primary (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-137 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-29** Ratified
- **2003-05-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Rec From House
- **2003-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2003
- **2003-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-10** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caa674f7-8273-47d1-b6ef-6a82e5145603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).