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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "DNA Registry."
+description: "DNA Registry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 79"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 79 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BIOTECHNOLOGY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENETICS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TESTING", "REP. ALEXANDER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-02-24"
+last_action: "2003-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H79&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "c98e146b881c8b2d7e96e5d63f0f1f479431925d93e09b3e9252d569055c76a8"
+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 79 (2003) — DNA Registry.
+
+## 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/H79v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2003-376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **103–5** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-376 `became-law`
+- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-18** Ratified
+- **2003-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
+- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-06-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2003-06-26** Rec From House
+- **2003-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-06-24** Postponed To 6/25/2003
+- **2003-06-23** Postponed To 6/24/2003
+- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-06-17** Postponed To 6/19/2003
+- **2003-06-12** Postponed To 6/17/2003
+- **2003-06-10** Postponed To 6/12/2003
+- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
+- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-08** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-24** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+