---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Assistance for CC Students."
description: "Financial Assistance for CC Students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "North Carolina HB 431 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee272729-85d6-4a04-b90d-a23da0f21f02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H431&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5605315099e3da867164cf7449f2fdc2b8a344448617ad471cfedefc05abcab0"
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 431 (2001) — Financial Assistance for CC Students.

## 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/H431v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H431v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H431v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H431v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H431v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H431v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-21** Ch. SL 2001-229 `became-law`
- **2001-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-11** Ratified
- **2001-06-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2001
- **2001-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-24** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From House
- **2001-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2001
- **2001-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-16** 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/ee272729-85d6-4a04-b90d-a23da0f21f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).