---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Cemetery Act/Fees/Bill Lee Tiers."
description: "NC Cemetery Act/Fees/Bill Lee Tiers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1244 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "CEMETERY COMN.", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-20"
last_action: "2004-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e8627d-1d97-4ad6-a9f5-5d80df7956b4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1244&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4184532408f03fcd64a1976e82cb6965b05249debb23b1b72801b118a8c17fde"
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 1244 (2003) — NC Cemetery Act/Fees/Bill Lee Tiers.

## 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/S1244v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1244v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1244v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1244v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1244v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1244v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-19** Ch. SL 2004-202 `became-law`
- **2004-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-14** Ratified
- **2004-07-13** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2004-07-12** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2004-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2004
- **2004-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2004
- **2004-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-23** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e8627d-1d97-4ad6-a9f5-5d80df7956b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).