---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retired Magistrates Bill."
description: "Retired Magistrates Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1389 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "DMV", "FEES", "FUNDING", "LICENSE PLATES", "MAGISTRATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUSEUMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HURLEY", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "FAYETTEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-25"
last_action: "2001-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535301b0-4b6a-4fc4-8913-2ec644028917"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1389&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c271b243bc3a89b4b888640f5386d38dad8901068dbf09bf69f51cb088be5a02"
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 1389 (2001) — Retired Magistrates Bill.

## 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/H1389v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1389v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1389v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1389v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1389v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **100–5** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **98–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-12-06** Ch. SL 2001-483 `became-law`
- **2001-12-06** Signed By Gov. 12/6/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-11-30** Pres. To Gov. 11/30/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-11-29** Ratified
- **2001-11-28** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-11-27** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-11-26** Placed On Cal For 11/27/2001
- **2001-11-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-26** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2001-11-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-11-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-20** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-11-19** Placed On Cal For 11/20/2001
- **2001-11-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/16/2001
- **2001-11-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-11-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** Rec From House
- **2001-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2001
- **2001-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref to the Com on Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/535301b0-4b6a-4fc4-8913-2ec644028917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).