---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Residency for Reg. or Voting."
description: "Clarify Residency for Reg. or Voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1126 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "CITIZENSHIP", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e4b983-8a01-4afb-8154-c40af83aefeb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1126&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "41e608c0e670f13067b163ee51d4397d294de33ecd9be313824607c7eeb81318"
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 1126 (2001) — Clarify Residency for Reg. or Voting.

## 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/H1126v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1126v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1126v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1126v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-316 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** 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`
- **2001-04-23** 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`
- **2001-04-18** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/89e4b983-8a01-4afb-8154-c40af83aefeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).