---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Employment Security Sunsets-AB."
description: "Remove Employment Security Sunsets-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "North Carolina HB 343 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. REDWINE", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc939292-c48b-4359-b98b-6a737c4f2bbf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H343&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7c40f87b2857e52492024c008895b0acdb6e056b92630f450b406584f10ae672"
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 343 (2001) — Remove Employment Security Sunsets-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/H343v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H343v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H343v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H343v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE BY MISTAK\E — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Redwine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-29** Ch. SL 2001-251 `became-law`
- **2001-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-27** Ratified
- **2001-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-05-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-16** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2001-05-16** Recalled From Enrolling
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-22** Rec From House
- **2001-03-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-20** Placed On Cal For 3/21/2001
- **2001-03-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc939292-c48b-4359-b98b-6a737c4f2bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).