---
type: "Bill"
title: "Settlement Procedures in Dist. Court Actions."
description: "Settlement Procedures in Dist. Court Actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 668"
citation: "North Carolina HB 668 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUDGES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. BADDOUR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/728776d2-e18e-4053-8ddd-527937a5640a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H668&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4698909929f7f3ca73dab76aa8723226dfe2b352f2ce0572fedaa59b2631c274"
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 668 (2001) — Settlement Procedures in Dist. Court Actions.

## 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/H668v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H668v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H668v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H668v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H668v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-320 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-12** Rec From House
- **2001-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2001
- **2001-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/728776d2-e18e-4053-8ddd-527937a5640a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).