---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit State Purchase of Reconstituted Milk."
description: "Prohibit State Purchase of Reconstituted Milk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 974"
citation: "North Carolina HB 974 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOODS & BEVERAGES", "DAIRY PRODUCTS", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "REP. HILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-08"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a8c453-9f71-495c-99c0-80727e137139"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H974&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8db39ce38052669c0144cd972b264f2a8e26f2c57416e6ce6c093fac214c327f"
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 974 (2003) — Prohibit State Purchase of Reconstituted Milk.

## 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/H974v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H974v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-367 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-16** Ratified
- **2003-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-26** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-11** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a8c453-9f71-495c-99c0-80727e137139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).