---
type: "Bill"
title: "Felonious Access to Government Computers."
description: "Felonious Access to Government Computers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1501 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-05-30"
last_action: "2002-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71cc6d70-3466-448f-becd-e42d164725ef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1501&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "093553679e4f5597d6fb9f9e566f4a839bd2f2b7f5599b0824e4608f85574deb"
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 1501 (2001) — Felonious Access to Government Computers.

## 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/H1501v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1501v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1501v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1501v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-09** Ch. SL 2002-157 `became-law`
- **2002-10-09** Signed By Gov. 10/9/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-01** Pres. To Gov. 10/1/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-09-30** Ratified
- **2002-09-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-09-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-23** Ref To Com On Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-23** Rec From House
- **2002-07-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2002
- **2002-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71cc6d70-3466-448f-becd-e42d164725ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).