---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire and Rescue Amendment."
description: "Fire and Rescue Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1232"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1232 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "FIREFIGHTING", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOLUNTEERS", "SEN. KERR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c18f2d8f-f95e-45d2-91ff-05b44edd8263"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1232&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "324fed4cbf5019d8907f42c44219891f689704229906877bcbf55114d922b4f0"
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 1232 (2001) — Fire and Rescue Amendment.

## 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/S1232v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1232v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1232v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1232v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-12** Ch. SL 2002-113 `became-law`
- **2002-09-12** Signed By Gov. 9/6/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-29** Pres. To Gov. 8/29/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-28** Ratified
- **2002-08-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Placed On Cal For 8/28/2002
- **2002-08-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-08-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2002
- **2002-08-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-17** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-08** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-08** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `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/c18f2d8f-f95e-45d2-91ff-05b44edd8263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).