---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Unauthorized Recordings."
description: "Criminal Unauthorized Recordings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "North Carolina HB 42 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FISCAL NOTES", "FRAUD", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "REP. GOODWIN", "REP. HALL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE", "REP. STILLER", "ELECTRONIC & OTHER MEDIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hall", "Moore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f53c102f-6521-4817-b4db-ece0c71970fe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H42&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "500a3bb6b5c23fc635e99bd65d3c9682cd3460aa63114eb8d63edc658b584c55"
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 42 (2003) — Criminal Unauthorized Recordings.

## 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/H42v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H42v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H42v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H42v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H42v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H42v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-159 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 5/28/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-27** Ratified
- **2003-05-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2003
- **2003-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Rec From House
- **2003-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-20** Placed On Cal For 3/24/2003
- **2003-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f53c102f-6521-4817-b4db-ece0c71970fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).