---
type: "Bill"
title: "Richmond Sheriff Vacancies."
description: "Richmond Sheriff Vacancies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "North Carolina HB 63 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SHERIFFS", "REP. GOODWIN", "RICHMOND COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cfe079-c5d4-4928-b891-6c86cff244bd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H63&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1aa4f1ba7b571365539f9dea8e4ee0fe9459004f0a9fcb2e5169767ea4fd73f0"
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 63 (2003) — Richmond Sheriff Vacancies.

## 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/H63v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H63v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H63v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H63v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H63v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-02** Ch. SL 2003-90 `became-law`
- **2003-05-29** Ratified
- **2003-05-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `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
- **2003-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-24** Ref To Com On Local Government II `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/a0cfe079-c5d4-4928-b891-6c86cff244bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).