---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rules of Civil Proc/Rewrite Rule 45."
description: "Rules of Civil Proc/Rewrite Rule 45."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 785"
citation: "North Carolina HB 785 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "EVIDENCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fed6d2d-bcb5-4697-8274-519280084d89"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H785&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c489370764422d7502148ff7a1c64a188f58e2af66735b20e1618358fd6edf15"
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 785 (2003) — Rules of Civil Proc/Rewrite Rule 45.

## 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/H785v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H785v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-276 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-18** Ratified
- **2003-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `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/0fed6d2d-bcb5-4697-8274-519280084d89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).