---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Tobacco Payment w/o Reopening Estate."
description: "Permit Tobacco Payment w/o Reopening Estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 881"
citation: "North Carolina SB 881 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TOBACCO", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED", "TOBACCO TRUST FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a779524b-5c23-4949-b42c-e79b6a788068"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S881&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a36495d77121f5264f0e9ca1ee40d869fb061a937fcffe496dea5e47a3b1ca18"
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 881 (2003) — Permit Tobacco Payment w/o Reopening Estate.

## 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/S881v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-295 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-24** Ratified
- **2003-06-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `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/a779524b-5c23-4949-b42c-e79b6a788068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).