---
type: "Bill"
title: "Securities Fraud Protections and Study."
description: "Securities Fraud Protections and Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1455"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1455 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CRIMES", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FRAUD", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RETIREMENT", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SECURITIES", "STATE TREASURER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-13"
last_action: "2002-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d90b23-9379-4162-ba3f-08b0a0e146a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1455&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "16e8a16267df44297ebd39d12280d49fa718db07066a134b11f1cf9a1ed81336"
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 1455 (2001) — Securities Fraud Protections and Study.

## 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/S1455v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2002-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1455v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-31** Ch. SL 2002-189 `became-law`
- **2002-10-31** Signed By Gov. 10/31/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-10-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-10-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-10-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2002
- **2002-10-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-10-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-10-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2002-10-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-30** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-18** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-11** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-18** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-17** Held As Filed
- **2002-06-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01d90b23-9379-4162-ba3f-08b0a0e146a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).