---
type: "Bill"
title: "Avery Fire Protection."
description: "Avery Fire Protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 673"
citation: "North Carolina HB 673 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "AVERY COUNTY", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2003-03-25"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d300ad41-83c5-4089-a593-a56247f2e44e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H673&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1f1d506b1cdb950bdb4755f4611e336ed2076bef445f898598353101af0feb52"
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 673 (2003) — Avery Fire Protection.

## 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/H673v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H673v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H673v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H673v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H673v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-272 `became-law`
- **2003-06-26** Ratified
- **2003-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Rec From House
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d300ad41-83c5-4089-a593-a56247f2e44e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).