---
type: "Bill"
title: "Openness of Court Records and Proceedings."
description: "Openness of Court Records and Proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1284"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1284 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS", "EVIDENCE", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSECMMP", "REP. WEISS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2002-01-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2dcf90f-cccf-4246-8755-bc8a43463fe5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1284&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "602416deae4fd6ead15ba2b31600f8f461c44de80fcb2c1b6b9d9600509fee2f"
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 1284 (2001) — Openness of Court Records and Proceedings.

## 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/H1284v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2001-516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1284v8.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **98–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-04** Ch. SL 2001-516 `became-law`
- **2002-01-04** Signed By Gov. 1/4/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-07** Pres. To Gov. 12/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-06** Ratified
- **2001-12-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-12-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-12-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-12-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-12-04** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-12-04** Placed On Cal For 12/4/2001
- **2001-12-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-12-04** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-12-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-12-04** Placed On Cal For 12/4/2001
- **2001-12-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-12-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-11-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-11-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-11-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-13** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-13** Rec From House
- **2001-08-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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/c2dcf90f-cccf-4246-8755-bc8a43463fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).