---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Validation."
description: "Notary Validation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 700"
citation: "North Carolina HB 700 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NOTARY PUBLIC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. BAREFOOT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d06073d-8902-4f39-9af4-564eb7c7e853"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H700&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e3680e2b423dff3f24d229b6f6d18166136da005888ccaab5c9797004ed65195"
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 700 (2001) — Notary Validation.

## 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/H700v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H700v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H700v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H700v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H700v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H700v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11-CONCUR IN\SCS — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-154 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-21** Ratified
- **2001-05-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2001
- **2001-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2001
- **2001-05-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-07** 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
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d06073d-8902-4f39-9af4-564eb7c7e853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).