---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Campaign Reform Act."
description: "Judicial Campaign Reform Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1054"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1054 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COURT OF APPEALS", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SUPREME COURT", "TAX RETURNS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. GULLEY", "DEMOCRACY FUND", "FAIR ELECTIONS FUND", "FAIR ELECTIONS FUND COUNCIL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2002-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27b2ffb-19ef-4848-aff7-4629e648e832"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1054&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "48818e6f25cdfeedf073da38638d308a84695523928bd48af4b4c804cb18fdc9"
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 SB 1054 (2001) — Judicial Campaign Reform Act.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1054v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v6.pdf)
7. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v7.pdf)
8. **Edition 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v8.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v9.pdf)
10. **SL 2002-158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1054v10.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **57–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-10** Ch. SL 2002-158 `became-law`
- **2002-10-10** Signed By Gov. 10/10/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-03** Pres. To Gov. 10/3/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-02** Ratified
- **2002-10-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-30** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2002
- **2002-09-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-26** Placed On Cal For 9/30/2002
- **2002-09-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-09-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-09-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-09-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/25/2002
- **2002-09-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-24** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-24** Amend Adopted #1,#2,#3 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Placed On Cal For 8/29/2002
- **2002-08-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-11-26** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-11-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-11-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-11-20** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-11-20** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-11-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-11-19** Placed On Cal For 11/19/2001
- **2001-11-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-11-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-11-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/16/2001
- **2001-11-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-11-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-09-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-09-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/c27b2ffb-19ef-4848-aff7-4629e648e832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).