---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend State Veterans Home Act-AB."
description: "Amend State Veterans Home Act-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "North Carolina HB 261 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DHHS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "VETERANS AFFAIRS COMN.", "REP. SMITH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-26"
last_action: "2001-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2c1cbb0-a476-4c35-877e-bbf2db7e5556"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b639171cfe4b057a46816f1970d36bab4a5e59842471fd79b33f4396e5500122"
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 261 (2001) — Amend State Veterans Home Act-AB.

## 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/H261v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H261v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H261v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- SEN. AMEND #1\M11 To Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-24** Ch. SL 2001-117 `became-law`
- **2001-05-24** Signed By Gov. 5/24/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-17** Pres. To Gov. 5/17/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-16** Ratified
- **2001-05-15** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2001
- **2001-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-10** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2001-05-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2001
- **2001-04-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Rec From House
- **2001-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2001-02-27** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2c1cbb0-a476-4c35-877e-bbf2db7e5556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).