---
type: "Bill"
title: "Filling Candidate Vacancy."
description: "Filling Candidate Vacancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 821"
citation: "North Carolina HB 821 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d5720d-7ae8-4b37-be03-78f7a1bee73f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H821&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0950f521072ff299c148a293a4d7ff6c7ebb6cb9271e0e62829160e479a3556e"
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 821 (2003) — Filling Candidate Vacancy.

## 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/H821v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H821v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H821v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H821v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-142 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-29** Ratified
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d5720d-7ae8-4b37-be03-78f7a1bee73f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).