---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unwanted Telephone Solicitations."
description: "Unwanted Telephone Solicitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "North Carolina SB 872 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b9f71dc-88be-47b0-948a-9af4d4233b55"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S872&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f21092164a200872501325a89051bd67fa9da8ca7699ace7f9301e9c3e879420"
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 872 (2003) — Unwanted Telephone Solicitations.

## 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/S872v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-411 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-16** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
- **2003-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-29** 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/7b9f71dc-88be-47b0-948a-9af4d4233b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).