---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Changes."
description: "Election Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1046 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ARMED FORCES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "NOTIFICATION", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "REP. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-09"
last_action: "2001-11-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/217e2789-5294-4622-a86c-6c7e721a6093"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1046&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6b4d9dfbe508991f05376aa4299c720a97656d6a340e73d934a61832173c30a8"
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 1046 (2001) — Election Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1046v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **28–13** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **68–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-11-16** Ch. SL 2001-466 `became-law`
- **2001-11-16** Signed By Gov. 11/16/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-11-16** Pres. To Gov. 11/16/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-11-16** Ratified
- **2001-11-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-11-14** Placed On Cal For 11/15/2001
- **2001-11-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-11-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/13/2001
- **2001-11-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-11-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/217e2789-5294-4622-a86c-6c7e721a6093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).