---
type: "Bill"
title: "Toner/Inkjet Cartridges."
description: "Toner/Inkjet Cartridges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 999"
citation: "North Carolina HB 999 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMPUTERS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CONTRACTS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SOLID WASTE", "WARRANTIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SAULS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/132fd11e-5774-4314-868e-e0f3f1430a10"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H999&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce300ea8c68f568f7c2f0c61499e4525b9d8aefea1998f63b8e1c07f5ef26b0e"
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 999 (2003) — Toner/Inkjet Cartridges.

## 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/H999v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H999v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H999v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H999v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H999v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H999v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–5** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **80–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hackney — primary (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-386 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `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 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/132fd11e-5774-4314-868e-e0f3f1430a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).