---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amber Alert."
description: "Amber Alert."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HJR 1783"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1783 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. DECKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-08-19"
last_action: "2002-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dea42c3-e892-4b5e-8535-b6fd584c6f40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1783&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f2253796aee18f2588f23742b0d68cd5f9778c56754f7e86da8036756bf201c4"
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 HJR 1783 (2001) — Amber Alert.

## 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/H1783v1.pdf)
2. **Res 2002-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1783v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbee — cosponsor (person)
- Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-28** Ch. Res 2002-12 `became-law`
- **2002-08-28** Ratified
- **2002-08-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Placed On Cal For 8/27/2002
- **2002-08-27** Rec From House
- **2002-08-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2002
- **2002-08-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dea42c3-e892-4b5e-8535-b6fd584c6f40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).