---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Ct. District 11 Judges' Residency."
description: "District Ct. District 11 Judges' Residency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 844"
citation: "North Carolina HB 844 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. COX", "REP. DAVIS", "HARNETT COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-28"
last_action: "2001-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5048928b-f37b-454c-9759-dbd767ff0a3c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H844&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c66b3d0c1d07f65327fee220f6ed4568940853a4785c2e68fec2fa851a4f1af8"
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 844 (2001) — District Ct. District 11 Judges' Residency.

## 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/H844v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H844v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H844v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H844v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H844v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **102–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-03** Ch. SL 2001-400 `became-law`
- **2001-09-03** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2001-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-22** Ratified
- **2001-08-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2001
- **2001-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Held by Senate
- **2001-04-30** Rec From House
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5048928b-f37b-454c-9759-dbd767ff0a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).