---
type: "Bill"
title: "Presidential Elector Challenge."
description: "Presidential Elector Challenge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "North Carolina HB 31 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GOODWIN", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2001-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11dddfcb-80ba-4dbf-89fd-250bfd0197eb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H31&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e680bdbc4a5641baca4460d44a802227e49c3bb5198857e1c9206e01addbc5e8"
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 31 (2001) — Presidential Elector Challenge.

## 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/H31v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H31v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H31v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H31v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H31v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H31v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-19** Ch. SL 2001-289 `became-law`
- **2001-07-19** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-10** Ratified
- **2001-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-04** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2001
- **2001-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Rec From House
- **2001-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-10** Postponed To 4/11/2001
- **2001-04-05** Postponed To 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-04** Postponed To 4/5/2001
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-01** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11dddfcb-80ba-4dbf-89fd-250bfd0197eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).