---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage by District Court Judge."
description: "Marriage by District Court Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 382"
citation: "North Carolina HB 382 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "JUDGES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-06"
last_action: "2003-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa48f47-5ea5-48c8-8c77-60b23800ba3f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H382&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "97cc13e1984d74f69e9d69f6c4d567b696e51c82f02eb7674974bfa5094dfed8"
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 382 (2003) — Marriage by District Court Judge.

## 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/H382v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H382v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H382v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H382v3.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **104–10** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **37–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-03-31** Ch. SL 2003-4 `became-law`
- **2003-03-31** Signed By Gov. 3/28/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-03-31** Pres. To Gov. 3/27/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-03-27** Ratified
- **2003-03-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2003
- **2003-03-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-03-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-03-26** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-03-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-03-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-03-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-03-25** Failed Concur In S Amend
- **2003-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-25** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2003-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Rec From House
- **2003-03-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-11** Placed On Cal For 3/12/2003
- **2003-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daa48f47-5ea5-48c8-8c77-60b23800ba3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).