---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labeling Campaign Ads."
description: "Labeling Campaign Ads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "North Carolina HB 57 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ELECTIONS", "MEDIA", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. BAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-06"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa3acca-8d64-4a0d-8d14-c923ab37cdd4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H57&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "64ddb2cca018e9697de91066c464331854872348595b76a60335c27934ed84c6"
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 57 (2001) — Labeling Campaign Ads.

## 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/H57v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H57v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H57v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H57v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H57v5.pdf)

## Votes

- SEN AMEND #1\M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-317 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-18** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-12** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2001-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-04** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2001
- **2001-07-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** Rec From House
- **2001-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Postponed To 4/17/2001
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2001
- **2001-04-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-07** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa3acca-8d64-4a0d-8d14-c923ab37cdd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).