---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Public Health Authorities Act."
description: "Amend Public Health Authorities Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "North Carolina SB 221 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595cea4e-fa71-4e86-9426-89e3549d4a63"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S221&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "db567032ccfa1c49a07449737c313fc45e9a4682b318664f8cc002106cc0f6c5"
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 221 (2001) — Amend Public Health Authorities Act.

## 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/S221v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S221v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S221v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S221v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-18** Ch. SL 2001-92 `became-law`
- **2001-05-18** Signed By Gov. 5/18/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-10** Pres. To Gov. 5/10/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-09** Ratified
- **2001-05-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2001
- **2001-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-03** Engrossed
- **2001-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-02** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/595cea4e-fa71-4e86-9426-89e3549d4a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).