---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Involuntary Sterilization."
description: "Repeal Involuntary Sterilization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "North Carolina HB 36 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "INCOMPETENTS", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MENTAL RETARDATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. INSKO", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. WEISS", "REP. WOMBLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luebke", "Weiss", "Womble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2045037-96ab-4617-8cc7-f751635e7d63"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H36&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0c2e4732498f8d28ae8587fa3f4609ad64d01eb68ac10c93f1fc1476f80bf03a"
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 36 (2003) — Repeal Involuntary Sterilization.

## 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/H36v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H36v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H36v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H36v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H36v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luebke — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Womble — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-21** Ch. SL 2003-13 `became-law`
- **2003-04-21** Signed By Gov. 4/17/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-08** Pres. To Gov. 4/8/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-07** Ratified
- **2003-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Rec From House
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2003
- **2003-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-19** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2045037-96ab-4617-8cc7-f751635e7d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).