---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Price Gouging During Disasters."
description: "Prevent Price Gouging During Disasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 963"
citation: "North Carolina SB 963 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CRIMES", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "GOVERNOR", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac069869-6273-4f0a-a771-0ac2e449cf95"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S963&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "08981d92b7c4eb0b8d2db6b7d98a517a1e388383730c43c85190e2aa2f3d1034"
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 963 (2003) — Prevent Price Gouging During Disasters.

## 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/S963v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S963v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-412 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `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`
- **2003-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Postponed To 7/9/2003
- **2003-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2003
- **2003-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-28** Engrossed
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Amend Recon # 1
- **2003-04-28** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav `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/ac069869-6273-4f0a-a771-0ac2e449cf95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).