---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Rewrite - 2."
description: "Election Rewrite - 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "North Carolina SB 14 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COUNTIES", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "GOVERNOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SEN. GULLEY", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-25"
last_action: "2001-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b07ab72-72c6-475f-9b51-cf39fa69791d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S14&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0903714238e8dc9f78c7ffae147a06c00e472383f82a2a6c0388b42da095aa8d"
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 14 (2001) — Election Rewrite - 2.

## 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/S14v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-30** Ch. SL 2001-398 `became-law`
- **2001-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-22** Ratified
- **2001-08-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2001
- **2001-08-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-16** Placed On Cal For 8/20/2001
- **2001-08-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2001
- **2001-08-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-07** Postponed To 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Amend Tabled #3
- **2001-04-17** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-17** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-01-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b07ab72-72c6-475f-9b51-cf39fa69791d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).