---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sanitation Rules/Effective Date & Field Test."
description: "Sanitation Rules/Effective Date & Field Test."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1777 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL CARE COMN.", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "SANITATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-07-16"
last_action: "2002-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba20d8d2-24df-4d59-8cc4-92fa056a9f02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1777&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7a4bbd22dc997e9289575ae6d8cbc0a65c367fa9250f5dce3109777295a0582f"
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 1777 (2001) — Sanitation Rules/Effective Date & Field Test.

## 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/H1777v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1777v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1777v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1777v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1777v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-17** Ch. SL 2002-160 `became-law`
- **2002-10-17** Signed By Gov. 10/17/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-27** Pres. To Gov. 9/27/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-09-26** Ratified
- **2002-09-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/26/2002
- **2002-09-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-09-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-09-23** Placed On Cal For 9/24/2002
- **2002-09-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-09-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-22** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-22** Rec From House
- **2002-08-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/19/2002
- **2002-08-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-17** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba20d8d2-24df-4d59-8cc4-92fa056a9f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).