---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault in Presence of Minor/Enhance Penalty."
description: "Assault in Presence of Minor/Enhance Penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 926"
citation: "North Carolina HB 926 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2003-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da13820-5b52-4103-aff4-1f2fa608db07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H926&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f99120eeb6eba9528e2b2f0f01821287a96c2e5c5d2fa5ebd68c94ffde55c491"
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 926 (2003) — Assault in Presence of Minor/Enhance Penalty.

## 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/H926v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H926v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H926v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H926v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H926v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H926v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-13** Ch. SL 2003-409 `became-law`
- **2003-08-13** Signed By Gov. 8/13/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-29** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Postponed To 7/2/2003
- **2003-06-23** Postponed To 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da13820-5b52-4103-aff4-1f2fa608db07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).