---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Separate-/Single-Prime Contracts/Carteret."
description: "Allow Separate-/Single-Prime Contracts/Carteret."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 856"
citation: "North Carolina HB 856 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REP. PRESTON", "CARTERET COUNTY", "MOREHEAD CITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-03-28"
last_action: "2001-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62106efb-6f0b-4e38-9ad8-13ede93048a1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H856&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85f3199a2cdf9524423546487f1e70d92bea55de3e36e8262be8a7d58482e3c3"
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 856 (2001) — Allow Separate-/Single-Prime Contracts/Carteret.

## 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/H856v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H856v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H856v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-69 `became-law`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-23** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** Rec From House
- **2001-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2001
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62106efb-6f0b-4e38-9ad8-13ede93048a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).