---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Diploma for World War II Veterans."
description: "Special Diploma for World War II Veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 979"
citation: "North Carolina HB 979 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ddf0ea-d6a4-46e4-bcc3-36ed1e0f4d74"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H979&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d0bf9bed859fe381df59f4de2836c2b1e38bf7d4f0c85aa23c378294afd016b"
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 979 (2001) — Special Diploma for World War II Veterans.

## 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/H979v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H979v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd-McIntyre — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Oldham — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Warwick — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-17** Ch. SL 2001-86 `became-law`
- **2001-05-17** Signed By Gov. 5/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-08** Pres. To Gov. 5/8/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-07** Ratified
- **2001-05-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ddf0ea-d6a4-46e4-bcc3-36ed1e0f4d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).