---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Election Fund to Implement HAVA."
description: "Establish Election Fund to Implement HAVA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "North Carolina HB 549 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MICHAUX", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "ELECTION FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-18"
last_action: "2003-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/689463ad-fc58-499f-86f9-fe97f58568f6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H549&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "50ac09282b70958fce5edd9c9205b8a6f4656a4be725bc4b2456cce5a93a7695"
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 549 (2003) — Establish Election Fund to Implement HAVA.

## 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/H549v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H549v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H549v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H549v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michaux — primary (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-17** Ch. SL 2003-12 `became-law`
- **2003-04-17** Signed By Gov. 4/16/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-16** Pres. To Gov. 4/15/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-15** Ratified
- **2003-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Rec From House
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2003
- **2003-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-19** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/689463ad-fc58-499f-86f9-fe97f58568f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).