republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/hb-79.md

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Bill	DNA Registry.	DNA Registry.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	HB 79	North Carolina HB 79 (2003)	bill	BIOTECHNOLOGY COURTS CRIMES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EVIDENCE FISCAL NOTES GENETICS ID SYSTEMS PRESENTED PRISONERS PUBLIC RATIFIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TESTING REP. ALEXANDER RECORDS CHAPTERED	enacted		7	28	2	2003-02-24	2003-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H79&votesToView=all	c98e146b881c8b2d7e96e5d63f0f1f479431925d93e09b3e9252d569055c76a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 79 (2003) — DNA Registry.

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. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL 2003-376 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• M11 Concur — 103–5 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Pate — cosponsor (person)
• Saunders — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-08-01 Ch. SL 2003-376 became-law
• 2003-08-01 Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-07-19 Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-07-18 Ratified
• 2003-07-17 Concurred In S/Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2003-07-16 Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
• 2003-07-16 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-07-16 Rec To Concur S Com Sub
• 2003-07-16 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-07-15 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-07-15 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-06-26 Ref To Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2003-06-26 Rec From House
• 2003-06-25 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2003-06-25 Amend Adopted #1 amendment-passage
• 2003-06-24 Postponed To 6/25/2003
• 2003-06-23 Postponed To 6/24/2003
• 2003-06-19 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2003-06-17 Postponed To 6/19/2003
• 2003-06-12 Postponed To 6/17/2003
• 2003-06-10 Postponed To 6/12/2003
• 2003-06-09 Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
• 2003-06-09 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-06-09 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-08 Re-ref Com On Appropriations referral-committee
• 2003-04-08 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-02-25 Ref To Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2003-02-24 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/931cdcc2-2fab-4373-af6c-9766895fc14c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).