---
type: "Bill"
title: "Validate Certain Notarial Acts."
description: "Validate Certain Notarial Acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 58"
citation: "North Carolina HB 58 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NOTARY PUBLIC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. C. WILSON", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5d9944-505a-4d75-9f60-ccce31e5e025"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H58&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "121b19b8c3985eeba5ce5c45ef3d01ddfd800847f3901115acc1640bc2d2cba6"
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 58 (2003) — Validate Certain Notarial Acts.

## 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/H58v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H58v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H58v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H58v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-15** Ch. SL 2003-38 `became-law`
- **2003-05-15** Signed By Gov. 5/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-12** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-08** Ratified
- **2003-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Rec From House
- **2003-03-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-04** Placed On Cal For 3/5/2003
- **2003-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5d9944-505a-4d75-9f60-ccce31e5e025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).