---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Change/Family Law Arbitration Act."
description: "Clarifying Change/Family Law Arbitration Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 952"
citation: "North Carolina HB 952 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DIVORCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2003-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483f243e-1f97-45f4-92ec-9b492615a16c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H952&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "339f95c795cdac0d8ea7816a1e46c17fcf06e76cef7c0912264aa7c85c9ae85a"
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 952 (2003) — Clarifying Change/Family Law Arbitration Act.

## 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/H952v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H952v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H952v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H952v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hackney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-20** Ch. SL 2003-61 `became-law`
- **2003-05-20** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-15** Ratified
- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From House
- **2003-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2003
- **2003-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-22** Reptd Fav `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/483f243e-1f97-45f4-92ec-9b492615a16c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).