---
type: "Bill"
title: "Job Growth and Infrastructure Act."
description: "Job Growth and Infrastructure Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003E2"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2 (2003E2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "APPOINTMENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "AUTHORITIES", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMITTEES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNATIONAL TRADE", "MANUFACTURING", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SESSION LAWS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE TREASURER", "TAX CREDITS", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "REP. G. ALLEN", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "ECONOMIC INVESTMENT COMM.", "LIFE SCIENCES BOND AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-12-09"
last_action: "2003-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f906354-2357-4f34-a5a4-67d7a32be40f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003E2&BillID=H2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "caeb0e30e457c8a362d3174a1385216686139dfa5ba70439aa3155be6c9e51cc"
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 HB 2 (2003E2) — Job Growth and Infrastructure Act.

## 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/2003E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **76–18** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-12-10** Ch. SL 2003-435 `became-law`
- **2003-12-10** Signed By Gov. 12/16/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-12-10** Pres. To Gov. 12/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-12-10** Ratified
- **2003-12-10** Concurred In S Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-12-10** Placed On Cal For 12/10/2003
- **2003-12-10** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2003-12-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-12-10** Amend #3 Not Germane
- **2003-12-09** Amend #2 Not Germane
- **2003-12-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-12-09** Rec From House
- **2003-12-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-12-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-12-09** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-12-09** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-12-09** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-12-09** Ref to the Com on Finance and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-12-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f906354-2357-4f34-a5a4-67d7a32be40f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).