---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tyrrell School Board Election."
description: "Tyrrell School Board Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "North Carolina HB 278 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "OATHS", "RATIFIED", "REP. CULPEPPER", "TYRRELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-02-27"
last_action: "2001-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42354ec0-2634-437e-9cf1-8852dd9ca120"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H278&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "08796e15e75b9360c605b2dc3392a7865645d6054c9c964b513e56418815a4cd"
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 278 (2001) — Tyrrell School Board Election.

## 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/H278v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H278v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H278v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-03-19** Ch. SL 2001-4 `became-law`
- **2001-03-19** Ratified
- **2001-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-08** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** Rec From House
- **2001-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-06** Placed On Cal For 3/7/2001
- **2001-03-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-27** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42354ec0-2634-437e-9cf1-8852dd9ca120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).