---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Commitment to DJJDP."
description: "Juvenile Commitment to DJJDP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 950"
citation: "North Carolina HB 950 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "JUVENILE CODE", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT.", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2003-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2696af78-5862-4423-8024-d67b871891c0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H950&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce058a917cc4215782caa5a843d47c5cd1deb6c6fe7aa120e0e36ba95039a18a"
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 950 (2003) — Juvenile Commitment to DJJDP.

## 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/H950v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H950v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H950v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H950v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H950v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-20** Ch. SL 2003-53 `became-law`
- **2003-05-20** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-20** Pres. To Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-19** Ratified
- **2003-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **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 I `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/2696af78-5862-4423-8024-d67b871891c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).