---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Methamphetamine Penalties."
description: "Increase Methamphetamine Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1054"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1054 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MANUFACTURING", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. THOMAS", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN", "SEN. NESBITT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-11"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28488685-6002-4b9e-b5ff-81ec479e3cc1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1054&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4c167cf2de5f8bbb38ed00905f576f0580ea9250a2f30bdd58bea00565f04e8"
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 SB 1054 (2003) — Increase Methamphetamine Penalties.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1054v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-178 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-07** Rec From Senate
- **2004-07-06** Engrossed
- **2004-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2004
- **2004-06-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-05-27** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2004
- **2004-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28488685-6002-4b9e-b5ff-81ec479e3cc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).