---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Veterans Cemetery Eligibility-AB."
description: "State Veterans Cemetery Eligibility-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "North Carolina HB 262 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CEMETERIES", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "REP. SMITH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-26"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28701536-4495-42bc-81eb-4736864a11ef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H262&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "741a5d7911819f8c8e446b293bb5f2b2a3f6a75b562857e282d9e1ce0050a8af"
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 262 (2001) — State Veterans Cemetery Eligibility-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/H262v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H262v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H262v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H262v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H262v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 CONCUR IN\SCS — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-143 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 5/25/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-24** Ratified
- **2001-05-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2001
- **2001-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Rec From House
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/28701536-4495-42bc-81eb-4736864a11ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).