---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Rule 9(j)."
description: "Amend Rule 9(j)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "North Carolina HB 434 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. POPE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bf8a298-e66f-45d6-bc01-2451ea055fde"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H434&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "784fec075b419566ffef5e969b3f8610c52fe5dd790c22498f2eccbafb9c2a6b"
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 434 (2001) — Amend Rule 9(j).

## 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/H434v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H434v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H434v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H434v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H434v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-25** Ch. SL 2001-121 `became-law`
- **2001-05-25** Signed By Gov. 5/25/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-21** Pres. To Gov. 5/18/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-17** Ratified
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/9bf8a298-e66f-45d6-bc01-2451ea055fde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).