---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEAs and Group Homes."
description: "LEAs and Group Homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "North Carolina SB 163 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "FISCAL NOTES", "GROUP HOMES", "MEDICAID", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2002-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a17d41-4263-45c7-b435-ba0175f82db9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S163&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cde53a552a71c43c7e90379cf56742210d4b61814e9350b9fdca489d09dcf096"
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 163 (2001) — LEAs and Group Homes.

## 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/S163v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2002-164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- CONF. REPORT\ADOPT — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-23** Ch. SL 2002-164 `became-law`
- **2002-10-23** Signed By Gov. 10/23/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2002
- **2002-10-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2002-10-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-10-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2002-10-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2002-10-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2002-10-01** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2002-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2002
- **2002-10-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-10-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-09-26** Placed On Cal For 9/30/2002
- **2002-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-30** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-10-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-08** Rec From Senate
- **2001-10-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-10-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-10-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-04** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-19** Ref To Com On Children & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39a17d41-4263-45c7-b435-ba0175f82db9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).