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type: "Bill"
title: "Change Offensive Place-Names."
description: "Change Offensive Place-Names."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "North Carolina HB 483 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "GEOGRAPHY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "REP. ADAMS", "UNION COUNTY", "CLAY COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "JACKSON COUNTY", "MADISON COUNTY", "CURRITUCK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca9ffc38-3c13-4117-b9db-545f4ada8263"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H483&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "07289e243488937099411f2824dca428afd99c47d7a1fce01eb00ef09dd79133"
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 483 (2003) — Change Offensive Place-Names.
## 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/H483v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H483v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H483v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H483v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H483v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H483v5.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Adams — primary (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-211 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-11** Ratified
- **2003-06-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca9ffc38-3c13-4117-b9db-545f4ada8263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).