---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Penalties/Food, Drug and Cosmetics."
description: "Civil Penalties/Food, Drug and Cosmetics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 751"
citation: "North Carolina SB 751 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COSMETICS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HAGAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ab72ba4-7c31-4f22-b035-1746b1ea52cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S751&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "18f482d7ffc78928a5fde1344957e93a51ea3591946f86cfc1676a5c36314eda"
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 751 (2003) — Civil Penalties/Food, Drug and Cosmetics.

## 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/S751v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S751v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S751v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S751v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S751v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S751v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-389 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2003
- **2003-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ab72ba4-7c31-4f22-b035-1746b1ea52cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).