---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henderson Conveyance."
description: "Henderson Conveyance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "North Carolina HB 401 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SALES", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. FOX", "VANCE COUNTY", "HENDERSON", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2003-03-10"
last_action: "2003-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62ca177-ae18-4e90-97ef-d24beb4c6252"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H401&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c0bedc97ca9dbe052b13040aea88d92d474e2565eb0abe88b7a30f73fd967f1"
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 401 (2003) — Henderson Conveyance.

## 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/H401v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H401v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H401v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H401v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H401v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H401v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-17** Ch. SL 2003-322 `became-law`
- **2003-07-16** Ratified
- **2003-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Rec From House
- **2003-03-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/31/2003
- **2003-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-11** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c62ca177-ae18-4e90-97ef-d24beb4c6252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).