---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint ABC Store Operations-AB."
description: "Joint ABC Store Operations-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "North Carolina HB 446 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC BOARDS", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0099b4-3ef0-43a2-865e-8d4e33830320"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H446&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ff63d27a8c047c352b25c113c407bd445e8cd072d99db6bd78a63593ed9e107"
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 446 (2001) — Joint ABC Store Operations-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/H446v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H446v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H446v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-25** Ch. SL 2001-128 `became-law`
- **2001-05-25** Signed By Gov. 5/25/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-21** Pres. To Gov. 5/18/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-17** Ratified
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-21** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Rec From House
- **2001-03-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Alcoholic Beverage Control `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/0f0099b4-3ef0-43a2-865e-8d4e33830320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).