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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Special Diploma for World War II Veterans."
+description: "Special Diploma for World War II Veterans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2001"
+identifier: "HB 979"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 979 (2001)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2001-04-04"
+last_action: "2001-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ddf0ea-d6a4-46e4-bcc3-36ed1e0f4d74"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H979&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "2d0bf9bed859fe381df59f4de2836c2b1e38bf7d4f0c85aa23c378294afd016b"
+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 979 (2001) — Special Diploma for World War II Veterans.
+
+## 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/H979v1.pdf)
+2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v2.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v3.pdf)
+4. **SL 2001-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
+- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
+- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
+- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
+- Church — cosponsor (person)
+- Coates — cosponsor (person)
+- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Earle — cosponsor (person)
+- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
+- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Fox — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Haire — cosponsor (person)
+- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
+- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Oldham — cosponsor (person)
+- Owens — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Teague — cosponsor (person)
+- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
+- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Warwick — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+- Yongue — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2001-05-17** Ch. SL 2001-86 `became-law`
+- **2001-05-17** Signed By Gov. 5/17/2001 `executive-signature`
+- **2001-05-08** Pres. To Gov. 5/8/2001 `executive-receipt`
+- **2001-05-07** Ratified
+- **2001-05-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
+- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
+- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ddf0ea-d6a4-46e4-bcc3-36ed1e0f4d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+