---
type: "Bill"
title: "Morganton/Burke/Broughton Mutual Aid/WPCC."
description: "Morganton/Burke/Broughton Mutual Aid/WPCC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1425"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1425 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "REP. CHURCH", "BURKE COUNTY", "MORGANTON", "CHAPTERED", "BROUGHTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2004-05-12"
last_action: "2004-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ff27e17-6ae5-45a8-8cff-c965f6d907e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1425&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "aae19a12d1489f8d47566e3d50480ce81fc36ba9107faa0f46681af37b6839cd"
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 1425 (2003) — Morganton/Burke/Broughton Mutual Aid/WPCC.

## 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/House/PDF/H1425v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1425v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1425v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1425v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1425v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-28** Ch. SL 2004-29 `became-law`
- **2004-06-28** Ratified
- **2004-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-02** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-02** Rec From House
- **2004-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2004
- **2004-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-05-13** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ff27e17-6ae5-45a8-8cff-c965f6d907e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).