---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whispering Pines Regulate Golf Carts."
description: "Whispering Pines Regulate Golf Carts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1686"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1686 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. MORGAN", "MOORE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WHISPERING PINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2002-06-12"
last_action: "2002-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38772e4a-b8ae-4a31-886c-f37071cd2a9b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1686&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2294cb8e2fae6efeb0f2840a99ce1c8f5bfa1ed9ba3c44422dca1dedda8695c5"
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 1686 (2001) — Whispering Pines Regulate Golf Carts.

## 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/H1686v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1686v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1686v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1686v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-19** Ch. SL 2002-82 `became-law`
- **2002-08-19** Ratified
- **2002-08-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Placed On Cal For 8/15/2002
- **2002-08-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-15** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-15** Rec From House
- **2002-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2002
- **2002-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-26** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-06-13** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38772e4a-b8ae-4a31-886c-f37071cd2a9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).