---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bid Law Flex./Pinehurst/Elizabeth City."
description: "Bid Law Flex./Pinehurst/Elizabeth City."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "North Carolina HB 196 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "BUILDINGS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. MORGAN", "MOORE COUNTY", "PINEHURST", "ELIZABETH CITY", "PASQUOTANK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27986e8f-257a-4e92-9cfb-df636f34582a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H196&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a5184e43605fb5800c5da9d1f069943327dc40707437a21203108e8ca582e7f6"
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 196 (2001) — Bid Law Flex./Pinehurst/Elizabeth City.

## 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/H196v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H196v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H196v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H196v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur In\Sen. Comm. Sub — **102–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **96–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morgan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-66 `became-law`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Rec From House
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2001
- **2001-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27986e8f-257a-4e92-9cfb-df636f34582a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).