---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Works Exemption."
description: "Public Works Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 994"
citation: "North Carolina HB 994 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "ENGINEERS", "INSPECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. K. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-08"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11900077-81e8-43fd-b77d-6c07339c1cef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H994&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b8efe2b35e6faec9be51300bf13dd3d864de767abf94acf84689e259bd673b42"
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 994 (2003) — Public Works Exemption.

## 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/H994v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H994v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-305 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-26** Ratified
- **2003-06-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-11** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From House
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `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/11900077-81e8-43fd-b77d-6c07339c1cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).