---
type: "Bill"
title: "Simplify Taxes on Telecommunications."
description: "Simplify Taxes on Telecommunications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "North Carolina HB 571 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM.", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "EXCISE", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES", "REP. ALLEN", "REP. HACKNEY", "REP. POPE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-08"
last_action: "2001-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1473a11e-bbb6-4450-b9b5-003ce43850c4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H571&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3e665ee51797a65c63d495942700bc9e92e257126361642f3f8eb44ba4fc9ab7"
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 571 (2001) — Simplify Taxes on Telecommunications.

## 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/H571v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H571v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H571v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H571v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–9** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-06** Ch. SL 2001-430 `became-law`
- **2001-10-06** Signed By Gov. 10/6/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-26** Pres. To Gov. 9/26/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-09-25** Ratified
- **2001-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-12** Rec From House
- **2001-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-12** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1473a11e-bbb6-4450-b9b5-003ce43850c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).