---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenant Late Fees."
description: "Tenant Late Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 847"
citation: "North Carolina SB 847 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "FEES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. GULLEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7364e6-4c49-4e54-861f-6c7863ca2124"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S847&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "afb43d9f54eff08ce89ff6f68ee2f0d6feeae1d6218356ee865b8e129b49b136"
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 847 (2003) — Tenant Late Fees.

## 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/S847v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-370 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-16** Ratified
- **2003-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2003
- **2003-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2003
- **2003-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/0b7364e6-4c49-4e54-861f-6c7863ca2124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).