---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Campus Law Enforcement Jurisdiction."
description: "UNC Campus Law Enforcement Jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 972"
citation: "North Carolina HB 972 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "REP. ARNOLD", "REP. BONNER", "REP. RUSSELL", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e97cc96-f83a-404d-ac3a-dc0d5effc81b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H972&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "60e3c35b7cc01921811d07085534f61033d5e646dfbbcf05387f68814d2cbcbf"
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 972 (2001) — UNC Campus Law Enforcement Jurisdiction.

## 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/H972v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H972v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H972v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Russell — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-30** Ch. SL 2001-397 `became-law`
- **2001-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-23** Ratified
- **2001-08-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e97cc96-f83a-404d-ac3a-dc0d5effc81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).