---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure Rule Changes."
description: "Civil Procedure Rule Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "North Carolina HB 439 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "EVIDENCE", "JUDGES", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. POPE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9122f80c-c5d7-4a27-b372-68633340ae61"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H439&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b8cd76fff9a2cc2a4d52f6302f3b6a8ac536f4af3f1ba9f407d8a4e76e8e16ee"
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 439 (2001) — Civil Procedure Rule Changes.

## 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/H439v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H439v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H439v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H439v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H439v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-18** Ch. SL 2001-379 `became-law`
- **2001-08-18** Signed By Gov. 8/18/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-14** Pres. To Gov. 8/14/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-13** Ratified
- **2001-08-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-08** Postponed To 8/9/2001
- **2001-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/8/2001
- **2001-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Rec From House
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-02** 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/9122f80c-c5d7-4a27-b372-68633340ae61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).