---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Civil No-Contact Protective Orders."
description: "Create Civil No-Contact Protective Orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "North Carolina HB 951 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RAPE", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "WOMEN", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2004-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce38082-0403-49d4-9223-921a08d33ef1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H951&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "674ed88622a6a4eab4a6cbc34990dc6eb1a6b92158b39a3c605a12e2c8f4a0b9"
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 951 (2003) — Create Civil No-Contact Protective Orders.

## 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/H951v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H951v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H951v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H951v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H951v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H951v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-17** Ch. SL 2004-194 `became-law`
- **2004-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-14** Ratified
- **2004-07-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-12** Postponed To 7/13/2004
- **2004-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2004
- **2004-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Rec From House
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-30** 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/bce38082-0403-49d4-9223-921a08d33ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).