---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection of Voter Rolls."
description: "Protection of Voter Rolls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1188 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "ELECTIONS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "REP. BLUE", "REP. HENSLEY", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2001-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f966fd-b087-4d5b-8e0a-11a6c946739b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1188&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6202795ff982c3f2038240810c40c4fe1980042308f9b2a096a9ae3a8e4c01f2"
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 1188 (2001) — Protection of Voter Rolls.

## 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/H1188v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1188v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1188v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1188v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1188v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blue — primary (person)
- Hensley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-30** Ch. SL 2001-396 `became-law`
- **2001-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-22** Ratified
- **2001-08-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2001
- **2001-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-24** 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/31f966fd-b087-4d5b-8e0a-11a6c946739b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).