---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Joint Resolution"
description: "House Joint Resolution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HJR 481"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 481 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "GOVERNOR", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "REP. SMITH", "JOYNER", "LORENZO LITTLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-01"
last_action: "2001-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1485947-00d1-4b90-ab2a-f8088fe9e461"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H481&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9020feb3ac8b246c9619b03e585b8cbc6e6fc1c08f49154907a603b8e7645d68"
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 HJR 481 (2001) — House Joint Resolution

## 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/H481v1.pdf)
2. **Res 2001-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H481v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-02** Ch. Res 2001-7 `became-law`
- **2001-04-02** Ratified
- **2001-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** Held by Senate
- **2001-03-19** Rec From House
- **2001-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2001
- **2001-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-05** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1485947-00d1-4b90-ab2a-f8088fe9e461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).