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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify Legal Filing Law."
+description: "Clarify Legal Filing Law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 394"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 394 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CALENDAR", "COURTS", "HOLIDAYS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-10"
+last_action: "2003-07-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3fea57-dcd2-44f7-bd8d-06b006ac29e7"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H394&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "81177449089e5ad0a8affa3415297dbf9fefce132635ee19c49ab91ae569794d"
+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 394 (2003) — Clarify Legal Filing Law.
+
+## 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/H394v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H394v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H394v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H394v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H394v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H394v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
+- Stam — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-07-20** Ch. SL 2003-337 `became-law`
+- **2003-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-09** Ratified
+- **2003-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2003
+- **2003-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2003-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
+- **2003-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-09** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/8/2003
+- **2003-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-10** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef3fea57-dcd2-44f7-bd8d-06b006ac29e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+