republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/hb-478.md

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Bill	AMBER Alert.	AMBER Alert.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	HB 478	North Carolina HB 478 (2003)	bill	CHILD ABUSE CRIMES EMERGENCY SERVICES LAW ENFORCEMENT MINORS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED CHAPTERED REP. RAPP	enacted	Rapp	6	20	2	2003-03-12	2003-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H478&votesToView=all	af55b7b2b0a0d6603dbbb1152dd392b14dce8048e2f5196f721db4e095f9430c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 478 (2003) — AMBER Alert.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2003-191 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• M11 Concur — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rapp — primary (person)
• A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Allred — cosponsor (person)
• B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
• Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Black — cosponsor (person)
• Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
• C. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Carney — cosponsor (person)
• Clary — cosponsor (person)
• Coates — cosponsor (person)
• Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
• Decker — cosponsor (person)
• Dickson — cosponsor (person)
• Earle — cosponsor (person)
• England — cosponsor (person)
• Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
• Fox — cosponsor (person)
• Frye — cosponsor (person)
• G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
• G. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gibson — cosponsor (person)
• Glazier — cosponsor (person)
• Goforth — cosponsor (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Haire — cosponsor (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Harrell — cosponsor (person)
• Hilton — cosponsor (person)
• Holliman — cosponsor (person)
• Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
• Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Justice — cosponsor (person)
• K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
• L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Luebke — cosponsor (person)
• McAllister — cosponsor (person)
• McGee — cosponsor (person)
• McHenry — cosponsor (person)
• McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Munford — cosponsor (person)
• Nye — cosponsor (person)
• Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Parmon — cosponsor (person)
• Pate — cosponsor (person)
• Preston — cosponsor (person)
• Ross — cosponsor (person)
• Sauls — cosponsor (person)
• Saunders — cosponsor (person)
• Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
• Stam — cosponsor (person)
• Sutton — cosponsor (person)
• Tolson — cosponsor (person)
• Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Warren — cosponsor (person)
• Weiss — cosponsor (person)
• Womble — cosponsor (person)
• Wood — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-06-18 Ch. SL 2003-191 became-law
• 2003-06-18 Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-06-09 Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-06-05 Ratified
• 2003-06-04 Concurred In S/Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2003-06-03 Placed On Cal For 6/4/2003
• 2003-06-03 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-06-03 Rec To Concur S Com Sub
• 2003-05-29 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-05-28 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-05-28 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-09 Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2003-04-09 Rec From House
• 2003-04-08 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-04-03 Postponed To 4/8/2003
• 2003-04-02 Placed On Cal For 4/3/2003
• 2003-04-02 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-04-02 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-13 Ref To Com On Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2003-03-12 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).