---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amortization Moratorium."
description: "Amortization Moratorium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "North Carolina HB 754 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. CULPEPPER", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d6e558-1ff8-4f37-96d3-c49f29ccd0bb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H754&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bae3f75c242d2de2698c98b033a06bfa96ffd52a22080e555ca3a059e81e9a1b"
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 754 (2003) — Amortization Moratorium.

## 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/H754v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H754v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H754v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H754v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H754v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H754v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **95–6** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-19** Ch. SL 2003-432 `became-law`
- **2003-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-20** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From House
- **2003-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `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/97d6e558-1ff8-4f37-96d3-c49f29ccd0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).