---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Term Limits."
description: "Repeal Term Limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1597 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LIMITS", "REP. BONNER", "REP. BOYD-MCINTYRE", "REP. BUCHANAN", "REP. JEFFUS", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "REP. ROGERS", "REP. SMITH", "REP. YONGUE", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "ALEXANDER COUNTY", "IREDELL COUNTY", "STATESVILLE", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "EDENTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-06"
last_action: "2002-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44348a7e-53f5-46ab-a04e-51d84fe59543"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1597&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "207b96386763849d423990a937e787a6562b14ce1c11d55ab4c465261636d268"
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 1597 (2001) — Repeal Term Limits.

## 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/H1597v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1597v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1597v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1597v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1597v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower
- A1 Starnes\Second Reading — **62–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-15** Ch. SL 2002-18 `became-law`
- **2002-07-15** Ratified
- **2002-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-08** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-08** Rec From House
- **2002-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-07-02** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2002
- **2002-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-10** Ref To Com On Local Government II `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/44348a7e-53f5-46ab-a04e-51d84fe59543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).