---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Marriage Statutes."
description: "Amend Marriage Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "North Carolina HB 142 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICT COURT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INDIGENTS", "JUDGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORITIES", "MINORS", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "RELIGION", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "VITAL RECORDS", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-14"
last_action: "2001-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ab8f67-dca0-4d3c-8ff3-216eee62d5bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H142&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "481b2179d7c8cb61cb538ed012ce9caa9d2b9249b7edb35b65b1d3a763b10d6f"
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 142 (2001) — Amend Marriage Statutes.

## 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/H142v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H142v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- M11 CONCUR IN\SCS #2 — **92–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-10** Ch. SL 2001-62 `became-law`
- **2001-05-10** Signed By Gov. 5/10/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-02** Ratified
- **2001-05-01** Concurred In S/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2001
- **2001-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **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** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2001
- **2001-04-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Rec From House
- **2001-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-29** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-29** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2001
- **2001-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ab8f67-dca0-4d3c-8ff3-216eee62d5bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).