---
type: "Bill"
title: "Constitutional Limits."
description: "Constitutional Limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "North Carolina HB 737 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOBBYING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PACS", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "REP. MILLER", "DURHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2004-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3d3af1-e5ff-48ea-bdc8-96939a71d394"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H737&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "208b2b47ee3006da27d0f060cf9584653a1cd9df6b3d453f98dd124b4ecd2497"
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 737 (2003) — Constitutional Limits.

## 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/H737v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2004-125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H737v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 3 — **41–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-20** Ch. SL 2004-125 `became-law`
- **2004-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-18** Ratified
- **2004-07-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2004
- **2004-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-17** Engrossed
- **2004-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-17** Amend Adopted # 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-17** Amend Tabled # 2
- **2004-07-17** Amend Failed # 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From House
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec3d3af1-e5ff-48ea-bdc8-96939a71d394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).