---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disapprove CAMA Rule."
description: "Disapprove CAMA Rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1540 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "CAMA", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5918f208-c00c-4f96-aa2d-f036133b8c81"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1540&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94d8681b9559fa377f76f4c3b2c58d665a48894ab525e9b1c38b72c40b2ba636"
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 1540 (2001) — Disapprove CAMA Rule.

## 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/H1540v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1540v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1540v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1540v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen. Amd. 1\M11 Concur — **104–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-17** Ch. SL 2002-116 `became-law`
- **2002-09-17** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2002-09-06** Pres. To Gov. 9/6/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-09-05** Ratified
- **2002-09-04** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-03** Placed On Cal For 9/4/2002
- **2002-08-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-29** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2002-08-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-08-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-15** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-08-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-14** Rec From House
- **2002-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Postponed To 8/14/2002
- **2002-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/8/2002
- **2002-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5918f208-c00c-4f96-aa2d-f036133b8c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).