---
type: "Bill"
title: "D A Discretion."
description: "D A Discretion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1117 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "REP. BADDOUR", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2001-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b319187-68dc-417f-a441-f6422057d91d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1117&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24b982b156f5d9ec82246cd373ef3d3b07948c9e336826595e114536d92f5b43"
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 1117 (2001) — D A Discretion.

## 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/H1117v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-17** Ch. SL 2001-81 `became-law`
- **2001-05-17** Signed By Gov. 5/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-08** Ratified
- **2001-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b319187-68dc-417f-a441-f6422057d91d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).