---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early Voting."
description: "Early Voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 977"
citation: "North Carolina HB 977 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. NESBITT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Nesbitt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009941b0-91d9-4fcf-85cb-1beaf407b4f1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H977&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8687eb5996e9ecbeeeb72aa3bf214da9f05491bd5afdfb50c8ba057437319327"
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 977 (2001) — Early Voting.

## 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/H977v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H977v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H977v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Nesbitt — primary (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-03** Ch. SL 2001-337 `became-law`
- **2001-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-27** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-26** Ratified
- **2001-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009941b0-91d9-4fcf-85cb-1beaf407b4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).