---
type: "Bill"
title: "MH/DD/SA Commission Changes."
description: "MH/DD/SA Commission Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1515 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEAKER", "REP. ALEXANDER", "REP. CHURCH", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. EARLE", "REP. ESPOSITO", "REP. GRAY", "REP. INSKO", "REP. NYE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-03"
last_action: "2002-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a8ab73-8c52-4988-87bc-eef245dc03e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1515&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "84eae5507fdf9d033094599582f753329867227f023dacbffe7dff8e2710c785"
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 1515 (2001) — MH/DD/SA Commission Changes.

## 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/H1515v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1515v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1515v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1515v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford, M — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-01** Ch. SL 2002-61 `became-law`
- **2002-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-22** Ratified
- **2002-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-19** Ref To Com On Children & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** Rec From House
- **2002-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2002
- **2002-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-04** Ref To Com On Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0a8ab73-8c52-4988-87bc-eef245dc03e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).