---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Date Retailers Exempt. Plum/Heat Laws."
description: "Extend Date Retailers Exempt. Plum/Heat Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "North Carolina SB 29 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSTRUCTION", "FEES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-12"
last_action: "2003-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e82fe4-5766-438e-8462-7c70e7b55344"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S29&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e148cff3d1f0ab3437d3095ae3a90d57f6be62c8755fe2da553480c269fac7be"
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 29 (2003) — Extend Date Retailers Exempt. Plum/Heat Laws.

## 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/S29v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S29v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S29v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S29v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S29v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-03-03** Ch. SL 2003-2 `became-law`
- **2003-03-03** Signed By Gov. 2/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-02-27** Pres. To Gov. 2/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-02-26** Ratified
- **2003-02-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-02-26** Placed On Cal For 2/26/2003
- **2003-02-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-25** Rec From Senate
- **2003-02-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-02-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-02-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-02-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33e82fe4-5766-438e-8462-7c70e7b55344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).