republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2001/hb-977.md

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Bill	Early Voting.	Early Voting.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2001	HB 977	North Carolina HB 977 (2001)	bill	ELECTIONS ELECTIONS STATE BOARD OF PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED REP. NESBITT CHAPTERED	enacted	Alexander Nesbitt	3	14	2	2001-04-04	2001-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/009941b0-91d9-4fcf-85cb-1beaf407b4f1	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H977&votesToView=all	8687eb5996e9ecbeeeb72aa3bf214da9f05491bd5afdfb50c8ba057437319327	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 977 (2001) — Early Voting.

Version chain

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

1. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
3. SL 2001-337 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 106–4 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Nesbitt — primary (person)
• Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
• Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
• Fitch — cosponsor (person)
• Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Haire — cosponsor (person)
• Insko — cosponsor (person)
• Luebke — cosponsor (person)
• Michaux — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-08-03 Ch. SL 2001-337 became-law
• 2001-08-03 Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 executive-signature
• 2001-07-27 Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2001 executive-receipt
• 2001-07-26 Ratified
• 2001-07-25 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2001-07-24 Reptd Fav 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
• 2001-04-23 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2001-04-23 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2001-04-05 Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform referral-committee
• 2001-04-04 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/009941b0-91d9-4fcf-85cb-1beaf407b4f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).