---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration of Birth & Death Certificates."
description: "Registration of Birth & Death Certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "North Carolina HB 475 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE REGISTRAR", "VITAL RECORDS", "REP. ALEXANDER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15b25967-0b2b-46d6-90db-4d8279cddb1c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H475&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6907499384241e7aeb9bfb5d1e5c3f472856a57130add3bae6ccb4e3fd9fa875"
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 475 (2003) — Registration of Birth & Death Certificates.

## 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/H475v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H475v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H475v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H475v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-20** Ch. SL 2003-60 `became-law`
- **2003-05-20** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-15** Ratified
- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Rec From House
- **2003-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15b25967-0b2b-46d6-90db-4d8279cddb1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).