---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth Fire Districts."
description: "Forsyth Fire Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "North Carolina HB 89 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "SESSION LAWS", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "REP. MCGEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-25"
last_action: "2003-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d759c927-440b-49e0-9b62-4b6c1f14d85b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H89&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "15343f9728e6e831829e2464857137c661e1839d7597fa1175fc948dc2bcd140"
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 89 (2003) — Forsyth Fire Districts.

## 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/H89v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H89v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H89v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H89v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-03** Ch. SL 2003-129 `became-law`
- **2003-06-03** Ratified
- **2003-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From House
- **2003-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2003
- **2003-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-26** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d759c927-440b-49e0-9b62-4b6c1f14d85b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).