---
type: "Bill"
title: "Princeton Charter Consolidation."
description: "Princeton Charter Consolidation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1589 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. DAUGHTRY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "PRINCETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-06"
last_action: "2002-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7af922f-32d7-469b-a149-7a569d531b7f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1589&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a3062a3978ac85e0ec3b5837143ec086f7b277ee42b9ff3b70af47bbe193ec7"
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 1589 (2001) — Princeton Charter Consolidation.

## 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/H1589v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1589v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2002-52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1589v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-30** Ch. SL 2002-52 `became-law`
- **2002-07-30** Ratified
- **2002-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-17** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-17** Rec From House
- **2002-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2002
- **2002-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7af922f-32d7-469b-a149-7a569d531b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).