---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infant Homicide Prevention Act."
description: "Infant Homicide Prevention Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "North Carolina HB 275 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DHHS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "REP. ALEXANDER", "REP. CLARY", "REP. EASTERLING", "REP. HAIRE", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-27"
last_action: "2001-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd578d36-8820-4cd2-bb3f-2f88548cfe5c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H275&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a13674f3fff043c65e6702eea419b3c328cbafcb2c2375c4be01eda9aad798f1"
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 275 (2001) — Infant Homicide Prevention Act.

## 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/H275v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H275v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Oldham — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-19** Ch. SL 2001-291 `became-law`
- **2001-07-19** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-12** Ratified
- **2001-07-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2001
- **2001-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-06-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-27** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-21** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2001
- **2001-03-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd578d36-8820-4cd2-bb3f-2f88548cfe5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).