---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Death Penalty/Mentally Retarded."
description: "No Death Penalty/Mentally Retarded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "North Carolina SB 173 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "COURTS", "DEFINITIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "INCOMPETENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MENTAL RETARDATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. HORTON", "SEN. BALLANCE", "SEN. L. SHAW", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2001-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30003f81-2a06-4d6c-b86a-97053482bb68"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S173&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f488efe1a15a9f1157b71246555710819cd6649276e032be041ce40a34289d2c"
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 173 (2001) — No Death Penalty/Mentally Retarded.

## 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/S173v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v6.pdf)
7. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v7.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v8.pdf)
9. **SL 2001-346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S173v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **64–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-04** Ch. SL 2001-346 `became-law`
- **2001-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-25** Ratified
- **2001-07-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2001
- **2001-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2001
- **2001-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Amend Failed #6 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-07-16** Amend Adopted #5 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-11** Amend Adopted #1A,#1B,#3,#4,#2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2001
- **2001-07-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #5 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Failed #3 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/30003f81-2a06-4d6c-b86a-97053482bb68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).