---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consolidate Business Provisions."
description: "Consolidate Business Provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "North Carolina HB 385 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL STATUTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa21317-232d-4db1-a8d8-46125211e387"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H385&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c2fb92de7a04575716404a6ca9afebcc570c9edb1be2058fbb7ce1dfe7143606"
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 385 (2001) — Consolidate Business Provisions.

## 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/H385v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H385v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H385v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H385v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H385v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-10** Ch. SL 2001-358 `became-law`
- **2001-08-10** Signed By Gov. 8/10/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-03** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-02** Ratified
- **2001-08-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-07-31** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-17** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2001-07-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-03** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Rec From House
- **2001-04-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-09** Postponed To 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-02** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2001-03-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/0aa21317-232d-4db1-a8d8-46125211e387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).