---
type: "Bill"
title: "Help America Vote Act Compliance."
description: "Help America Vote Act Compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "North Carolina HB 842 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMPUTERS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "JURIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "REP. MICHAUX", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaux"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-01"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a230323-deee-4648-bb70-deacd74c112c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H842&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb0ff5282a401a85a9cfe6ca7a9d2391c911715be292abb5ad7222fab83c77fa"
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 842 (2003) — Help America Vote Act Compliance.

## 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/H842v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H842v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michaux — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-19** Ch. SL 2003-226 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-11** Ratified
- **2003-06-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Amendment Withdrawn #5 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Amendment Withdrawn #3 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-04-22** Amendment Withdrawn #2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-04-21** Amend Pending #2
- **2003-04-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-09** Postponed To 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a230323-deee-4648-bb70-deacd74c112c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).