---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Secret Peeping Law."
description: "Amend Secret Peeping Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 408"
citation: "North Carolina HB 408 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC & OTHER MEDIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-11"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6736eecd-1c95-47cf-977a-83afff389143"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H408&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b4f65268fabe9d0bb30875b0408fac181533bafd514b75d598d1e29b6acd1fae"
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 408 (2003) — Amend Secret Peeping Law.

## 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/H408v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H408v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H408v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H408v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H408v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H408v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-303 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-24** Ratified
- **2003-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Rec From House
- **2003-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2003
- **2003-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6736eecd-1c95-47cf-977a-83afff389143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).