---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address Confidentiality Program."
description: "Address Confidentiality Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1402 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BUDGETING", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SEX OFFENSES", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "REP. JEFFUS", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-25"
last_action: "2002-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd45e41-c962-407a-8f4d-14827fd07223"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1402&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0fc926833b12d627e3dbb924a39792023fca1b92bb06eb987cdf7e368834191d"
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 1402 (2001) — Address Confidentiality Program.

## 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/H1402v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1402v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1402v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1402v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1402v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2002-171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1402v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-31** Ch. SL 2002-171 `became-law`
- **2002-10-31** Signed By Gov. 10/31/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-03** Pres. To Gov. 10/3/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-02** Ratified
- **2002-10-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-30** Postponed To 10/1/2002
- **2002-09-26** Placed On Cal For 9/30/2002
- **2002-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-09-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/26/2002
- **2002-09-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-09-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-30** Held by Senate
- **2002-08-30** Rec From House
- **2002-08-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** Placed On Cal For 8/29/2002
- **2002-08-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-08-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dd45e41-c962-407a-8f4d-14827fd07223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).