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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AMBER Alert."
+description: "AMBER Alert."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 478"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 478 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RAPP"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rapp"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-12"
+last_action: "2003-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H478&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "af55b7b2b0a0d6603dbbb1152dd392b14dce8048e2f5196f721db4e095f9430c"
+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 478 (2003) — AMBER Alert.
+
+## 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/H478v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rapp — primary (person)
+- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Allred — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Black — cosponsor (person)
+- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Carney — cosponsor (person)
+- Clary — cosponsor (person)
+- Coates — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Decker — cosponsor (person)
+- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
+- Earle — cosponsor (person)
+- England — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fox — cosponsor (person)
+- Frye — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Haire — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Justice — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
+- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
+- McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- McHenry — cosponsor (person)
+- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Munford — cosponsor (person)
+- Nye — cosponsor (person)
+- Owens — cosponsor (person)
+- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+- Preston — cosponsor (person)
+- Ross — cosponsor (person)
+- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
+- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
+- Stam — cosponsor (person)
+- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+- Wood — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-191 `became-law`
+- **2003-06-18** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-06-05** Ratified
+- **2003-06-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
+- **2003-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-05-28** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-09** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-03** Postponed To 4/8/2003
+- **2003-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/3/2003
+- **2003-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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