---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restaurant ABC Permits."
description: "Restaurant ABC Permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 900"
citation: "North Carolina HB 900 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "DEFINITIONS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. MCCOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-03"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69766a33-d682-4e30-8ddd-0646e37a78b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H900&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eb41a552ac868f6d51f4bf9608b02d75d9dc2938fe8ec97e3ea5cdf34fba1d97"
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 900 (2003) — Restaurant ABC Permits.

## 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/H900v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H900v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H900v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H900v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–54** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-135 `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** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From House
- **2003-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-23** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2003-04-22** Failed 2nd Reading
- **2003-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref To Com On Alcoholic Beverage Control `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69766a33-d682-4e30-8ddd-0646e37a78b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).