---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter Registration by FAX."
description: "Voter Registration by FAX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1186"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1186 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "REP. BLUE", "REP. HENSLEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e454079f-a75b-4304-a987-9d150c65f374"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1186&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "83ad98dfb4a1687bea2ae2aef3f6fd58914b80a377ed90e3e86bad8e3264093a"
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 1186 (2001) — Voter Registration by FAX.

## 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/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1186v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1186v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1186v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1186v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **90–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hensley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-315 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Held by Senate
- **2001-04-30** Rec From House
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e454079f-a75b-4304-a987-9d150c65f374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).