---
type: "Bill"
title: "Close Incest Loophole to Protect Minors."
description: "Close Incest Loophole to Protect Minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1276"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1276 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RAPE", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "REP. NESBITT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2002-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2fd439d-6fad-4d56-844e-1e79178a82cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1276&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5951774a91c3a9443feac426abe31f72eceec717946c84709c968493d2daaed9"
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 1276 (2001) — Close Incest Loophole to Protect Minors.

## 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/H1276v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2002-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1276v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-23** Ch. SL 2002-119 `became-law`
- **2002-09-23** Signed By Gov. 9/23/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Pres. To Gov. 9/13/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-09-12** Ratified
- **2002-09-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-05** Placed On Cal For 9/9/2002
- **2002-08-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-08-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2001
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2001-05-21** Recalled From Enrolling
- **2001-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2001
- **2001-05-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/d2fd439d-6fad-4d56-844e-1e79178a82cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).