---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name on Ballot."
description: "Name on Ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "North Carolina HB 201 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GILLESPIE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-03"
last_action: "2003-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eeaf55c-589b-4a65-9980-da82ec39b25e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H201&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "54f68439c0cf754522ad3290c0a162f63bbcfa994e6e935a1733160d836f4989"
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 201 (2003) — Name on Ballot.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H201v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **102–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-209 `became-law`
- **2003-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-09** Ratified
- **2003-06-05** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2003
- **2003-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-04** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eeaf55c-589b-4a65-9980-da82ec39b25e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).