---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage by District Court Judge."
description: "Marriage by District Court Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 183"
citation: "North Carolina HB 183 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "JUDGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. REDWINE", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3c8def3-477c-4579-ae9f-8fa7289931cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H183&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c5a95f374a52c907d5435cac8f9e42063aa4623320c5dd1d4f9d40b9abdb3b7b"
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 183 (2001) — Marriage by District Court Judge.

## 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/H183v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H183v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H183v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H183v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H183v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **98–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Redwine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-04** Ch. SL 2001-14 `became-law`
- **2001-04-04** Signed By Gov. 4/4/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-02** Pres. To Gov. 3/30/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-03-29** Ratified
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Rec From House
- **2001-03-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-07** Postponed To 3/12/2001
- **2001-03-06** Placed On Cal For 3/7/2001
- **2001-03-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3c8def3-477c-4579-ae9f-8fa7289931cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).