---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA Registry."
description: "DNA Registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "North Carolina HB 79 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOTECHNOLOGY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENETICS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TESTING", "REP. ALEXANDER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-24"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H79&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c98e146b881c8b2d7e96e5d63f0f1f479431925d93e09b3e9252d569055c76a8"
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 79 (2003) — DNA Registry.

## 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/H79v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H79v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-376 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-26** Rec From House
- **2003-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-24** Postponed To 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-23** Postponed To 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-17** Postponed To 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-12** Postponed To 6/17/2003
- **2003-06-10** Postponed To 6/12/2003
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).