---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Penalty Auth./ Public Health Violations."
description: "Civil Penalty Auth./ Public Health Violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 837"
citation: "North Carolina HB 837 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef14a2b5-0f8d-4e6e-af83-a3c6d8f1594c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H837&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4c19a688944bcdca4ee1ef4e539bfedba0a5253d8fce26e77ded56e340a503ca"
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 837 (2001) — Civil Penalty Auth./ Public Health Violations.

## 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/H837v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H837v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H837v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–8** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-25** Ch. SL 2001-120 `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`
- **2001-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** Rec From House
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2001
- **2001-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef14a2b5-0f8d-4e6e-af83-a3c6d8f1594c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).