---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Service of Process Fee."
description: "Increase Service of Process Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 918"
citation: "North Carolina HB 918 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "REP. GOODWIN", "REP. MINER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2004-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf98cc8-e5fa-421a-9c3d-1a6a8eec2264"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H918&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cd977e9000e835c28223c43459fd94aea4ed3916868b18163847ffd70867a53"
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 918 (2003) — Increase Service of Process Fee.

## 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/H918v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H918v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H918v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H918v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H918v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **107–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-17** Ch. SL 2004-113 `became-law`
- **2004-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/7/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-06** Ratified
- **2004-07-01** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2004
- **2004-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-30** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2004-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-24** Com Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-18** Rec From House
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `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/cdf98cc8-e5fa-421a-9c3d-1a6a8eec2264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).