---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greensboro/Public Info./Police Discipline."
description: "Greensboro/Public Info./Police Discipline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "North Carolina HB 423 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. ADAMS", "RECORDS", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba9da41-f694-429d-837a-ff64fb84fe8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H423&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2fc75eac61dde361268afe6604696e6c4c371c33dc45113270beac248265ea7d"
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 423 (2001) — Greensboro/Public Info./Police Discipline.

## 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/H423v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H423v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H423v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H423v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **96–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-16** Ch. SL 2001-20 `became-law`
- **2001-04-16** Ratified
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Rec From House
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2001
- **2001-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-12** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Highway Safety and Law Enforcement `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba9da41-f694-429d-837a-ff64fb84fe8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).