---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend CAMA Variance Process."
description: "Amend CAMA Variance Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1544"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1544 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMA", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "LANDOWNERS", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b3e549-15f6-4b2b-bae2-8479c81aac09"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1544&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7ecb83db2283ea394f3cb60020ca8bae8e33f1b81c40acb6729c7c4644da8463"
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 1544 (2001) — Amend CAMA Variance Process.

## 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/H1544v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1544v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1544v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1544v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-08** Ch. SL 2002-68 `became-law`
- **2002-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-30** Ratified
- **2002-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2002
- **2002-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2002
- **2002-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2002
- **2002-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2002
- **2002-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2002
- **2002-07-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-01** Rec From House
- **2002-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2002
- **2002-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `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/c9b3e549-15f6-4b2b-bae2-8479c81aac09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).