---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourist Directional Sign Program."
description: "Tourist Directional Sign Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "North Carolina SB 206 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. SOLES", "SEN. WELLONS", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. HOYLE", "SEN. LEE", "SEN. METCALF", "SEN. ODOM", "SEN. PLYLER", "SEN. RAND", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/843ebe77-a9c0-4f48-acb0-dc0b50f08cf2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S206&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7083b60a92ba487e3ed8193be55e27a30448a382f5eb56da32609202888955e5"
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 206 (2001) — Tourist Directional Sign Program.

## 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/S206v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S206v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S206v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S206v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S206v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S206v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-26** Ch. SL 2001-383 `became-law`
- **2001-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-16** Ratified
- **2001-08-15** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-08-14** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2001
- **2001-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-12** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-10** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-22** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/843ebe77-a9c0-4f48-acb0-dc0b50f08cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).