---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Consumer Finance Act."
description: "Revise Consumer Finance Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "North Carolina HB 599 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKING COMN.", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DATA SYSTEMS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FEES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTEREST", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MICHAUX", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2002-01-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd44143-2bdf-4f50-9c70-42040da6ffd7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H599&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "57f3ecf1e5cfecf5649eb60424493eb9ecc260256e4c9936ebe854a5e9fb6a71"
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 599 (2001) — Revise Consumer Finance Act.

## 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/H599v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2001-519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H599v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-06** Ch. SL 2001-519 `became-law`
- **2002-01-06** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2001-12-07** Pres. To Gov. 12/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-06** Ratified
- **2001-12-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-12-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-12-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-12-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-12-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-12-04** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-11-28** Placed On Cal For 12/4/2001
- **2001-11-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-27** Placed On Cal For 11/28/2001
- **2001-11-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-20** Placed On Cal For 11/27/2001
- **2001-11-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/20/2001
- **2001-11-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-06** Placed On Cal For 11/13/2001
- **2001-11-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-10-17** Placed On Cal For 10/24/2001
- **2001-10-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-10-17** Placed On Cal For 10/22/2001
- **2001-10-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/17/2001
- **2001-10-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/4/2001
- **2001-10-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-10-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-10-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From House
- **2001-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Com Sub W/o Prejud
- **2001-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dd44143-2bdf-4f50-9c70-42040da6ffd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).