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type: "Bill"
title: "AMBER Alert."
description: "AMBER Alert."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "North Carolina HB 478 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RAPP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapp"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H478&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "af55b7b2b0a0d6603dbbb1152dd392b14dce8048e2f5196f721db4e095f9430c"
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 478 (2003) — AMBER Alert.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H478v5.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **1140** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92f1139c-b2b5-4610-829e-1cec35070c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).