---
type: "Bill"
title: "First Responders Vaccination Program."
description: "First Responders Vaccination Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 916"
citation: "North Carolina HB 916 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "VACCINES", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4283f5-a653-4a8a-b8e2-d2d3005698cd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H916&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "43ceb9b8a4290257b6b1387c467e3450400cb12ed95e0d3c77008a1f4034d1bc"
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 916 (2003) — First Responders Vaccination Program.

## 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/H916v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H916v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H916v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H916v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H916v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H916v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-227 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-11** Ratified
- **2003-06-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4283f5-a653-4a8a-b8e2-d2d3005698cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).