---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Criminal Process."
description: "Electronic Criminal Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1583"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1583 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "OFFICE AUTOMATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MICHAUX", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c365c762-5d71-4645-9b6d-5891afe80faf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1583&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1b2aeed511e09ee3ef34823b39a3a3849d6ff5e0651fd1d6b9eadc1f019a793e"
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 1583 (2001) — Electronic Criminal Process.

## 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/H1583v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1583v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1583v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1583v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-01** Ch. SL 2002-64 `became-law`
- **2002-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-24** Ratified
- **2002-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2002
- **2002-07-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2002
- **2002-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-01** Rec From House
- **2002-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2002
- **2002-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c365c762-5d71-4645-9b6d-5891afe80faf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).