---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Changes."
description: "Election Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 831"
citation: "North Carolina HB 831 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COUNTIES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "JUDGES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "PERSONNEL", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "REP. ALEXANDER", "SUNSETS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d40014-1aee-4500-bdad-a7d16c0dad31"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H831&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4b145922424f6313f191d2fd1aa7deaf868b42bd6afeceac810cd9a5cf3fc890"
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 831 (2001) — Election 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/H831v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v6.pdf)
7. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v7.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v8.pdf)
9. **SL 2001-319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H831v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **60–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-319 `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** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-12** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-09** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2001
- **2001-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d40014-1aee-4500-bdad-a7d16c0dad31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).