---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Redistricting Plan."
description: "House Redistricting Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003E1"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2003E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "REP. ALEXANDER", "REP. EDDINS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-11-24"
last_action: "2003-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b3888f-d2a3-4fec-a845-c4b4ee0d9058"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003E1&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5371329e4c29e50e12db155b17cec6be9836740dc57704e018f8b6ffa52c66a5"
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 3 (2003E1) — House Redistricting Plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M3 Prev Quest\On M11 Concur — **63–52** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **72–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-11-25** Ch. SL 2003-434 `became-law`
- **2003-11-25** Signed By Gov. 11/25/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-11-25** Pres. To Gov. 11/25/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-11-25** Ratified
- **2003-11-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-11-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-11-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-11-25** Placed On Cal For 11/25/2003
- **2003-11-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-11-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-11-24** Ref To Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2003-11-24** Rec From House
- **2003-11-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-11-24** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-11-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b3888f-d2a3-4fec-a845-c4b4ee0d9058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).