---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining \"Needy North Carolina Students\"."
description: "Defining \"Needy North Carolina Students\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1231"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1231 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "TUITION", "SEN. CARTER", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. GARWOOD", "SEN. ROBINSON", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90bbe64f-2bc4-452a-98ef-7930794d519a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1231&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67c2ca62b4c9fbb80e711a476867e8807a2e0d042a78379f4f2c569152f19ed3"
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 1231 (2001) — Defining "Needy North Carolina Students".

## 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/S1231v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1231v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2002-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1231v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-13** Ch. SL 2002-69 `became-law`
- **2002-08-13** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-01** Ratified
- **2002-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2002
- **2002-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-15** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-15** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2002
- **2002-07-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90bbe64f-2bc4-452a-98ef-7930794d519a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).