---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Reciprocity in Bidding Process."
description: "Encourage Reciprocity in Bidding Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BIDS & BIDDING", "CONTRACTS", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLISHING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. OWENS", "AWARDS", "BOARD OF", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-25"
last_action: "2001-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f00b35-2694-4527-9145-55916af303fb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "615ad845dcfeea0d543c34a3cdcaea48c12089b140e668ab84743799a9371423"
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 3 (2001) — Encourage Reciprocity in Bidding Process.

## 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/H3v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H3v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H3v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur In\SCS — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-23** Ch. SL 2001-240 `became-law`
- **2001-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-14** Ratified
- **2001-06-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2001
- **2001-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** Rec From House
- **2001-03-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-22** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** Postponed To 3/21/2001
- **2001-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-20** Re-ref Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-01-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08f00b35-2694-4527-9145-55916af303fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).