---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Approval Process/Comm. Colleges."
description: "Budget Approval Process/Comm. Colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "North Carolina HB 421 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d08ee0a-2d2a-41c1-9898-f53f62147bab"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H421&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24018882e958f02c5ab55ceaf5295f17d1313f6f405fa0070450920b5df14c25"
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 421 (2001) — Budget Approval Process/Comm. Colleges.

## 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/H421v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H421v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H421v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-112** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H421v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrell — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-24** Ch. SL 2001-112 `became-law`
- **2001-05-24** Signed By Gov. 5/24/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From House
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2001
- **2001-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Education `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/2d08ee0a-2d2a-41c1-9898-f53f62147bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).