---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Indian Recognition."
description: "Amend Indian Recognition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 746"
citation: "North Carolina HB 746 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "REP. SUTTON", "ROBESON COUNTY", "HERTFORD COUNTY", "BERTIE COUNTY", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "GATES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "NORTHAMPTON COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/200c0db5-72af-41ca-9073-62f2e4731522"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H746&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "86a84121e9f52a3379fb1cbea89f14fad45bc1ba24fb933bc1653877b3730798"
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 746 (2003) — Amend Indian Recognition.

## 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/H746v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H746v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H746v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H746v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-20** Ch. SL 2003-54 `became-law`
- **2003-05-20** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-20** Pres. To Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-19** Ratified
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2003
- **2003-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/200c0db5-72af-41ca-9073-62f2e4731522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).