---
type: "Bill"
title: "Testimonial Privilege for Violence Victims."
description: "Testimonial Privilege for Violence Victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "North Carolina HB 643 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNSELING", "COURTS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EVIDENCE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RAPE", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "REP. HACKNEY", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45428deb-a924-4189-be0d-bbd683ac1dce"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H643&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "780eae750564a9b9a0f1b2283044c547a0c067949c5efc635866d09ea5b60617"
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 643 (2001) — Testimonial Privilege for Violence Victims.

## 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/H643v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H643v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H643v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H643v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H643v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H643v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-12** Ch. SL 2001-277 `became-law`
- **2001-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-04** Pres. To Gov. 7/4/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-03** Ratified
- **2001-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-18** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-18** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2001-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2001
- **2001-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-14** Amend Pending #1
- **2001-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** Rec From House
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45428deb-a924-4189-be0d-bbd683ac1dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).