---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Privacy Act."
description: "State Privacy Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 998"
citation: "North Carolina HB 998 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REP. GOODWIN", "REP. POPE", "REP. WALEND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pope", "Walend"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6be9475b-e29d-4acd-8678-2e6b58e162ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H998&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0daa988cc416df6a2fe2cbd18b4bbe7d7dd0c5abb07fd4fe78270e325d223f80"
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 998 (2001) — State Privacy Act.

## 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/H998v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H998v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H998v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H998v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur in\SCS — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pope — primary (person)
- Walend — primary (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-29** Ch. SL 2001-256 `became-law`
- **2001-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-19** Ratified
- **2001-06-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2001
- **2001-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2001
- **2001-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/6be9475b-e29d-4acd-8678-2e6b58e162ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).