---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Bicycle Safety Act."
description: "Child Bicycle Safety Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "North Carolina HB 63 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICYCLES", "COURTS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "REP. MCALLISTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-06"
last_action: "2001-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6811ecfa-71da-41cd-9d92-7c199ce53da8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H63&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0e7d1f42688939b5c6cca5a9d26d425904c298ae87b0ef9dd189a0edd42118c"
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 63 (2001) — Child Bicycle Safety 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/H63v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H63v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H63v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H63v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 2\Prev Question — **27–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **25–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-05** Ch. SL 2001-268 `became-law`
- **2001-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-28** Ratified
- **2001-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-26** Amend Tabled #4
- **2001-06-26** Amend Failed #3 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-06-26** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-06-26** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-12** Re-ref Com On Children & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Rec From House
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-27** Postponed To 3/28/2001
- **2001-03-21** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2001
- **2001-03-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-20** Re-ref Com On Highway Safety and Law Enforcement `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/6811ecfa-71da-41cd-9d92-7c199ce53da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).