---
type: "Bill"
title: "Merge Radiation Prot. Into Div. Env. Health."
description: "Merge Radiation Prot. Into Div. Env. Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1251"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1251 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RADIATION PROTECTION COMN.", "RATIFIED", "SEN. ODOM", "RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc9a82a1-f0cd-44f8-bbe7-07eee8e7f6cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1251&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7fe90b6c604d170064031c519c742d8661c5805b7c024a1cfbe6d5188142faaa"
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 1251 (2001) — Merge Radiation Prot. Into Div. Env. Health.

## 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/S1251v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-13** Ch. SL 2002-70 `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 Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-15** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `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/fc9a82a1-f0cd-44f8-bbe7-07eee8e7f6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).