---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lease-Purchase up to Three Prisons-AB."
description: "Lease-Purchase up to Three Prisons-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "North Carolina SB 25 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "SEN. JORDAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2001-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/648a77c4-7e99-428a-91b8-94d82741fee0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S25&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3d85e4cd89f475c3561ad8d22a0f7d5eea5e2fb1a5e3c40bc237981c539d8edc"
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 25 (2001) — Lease-Purchase up to Three Prisons-AB.

## 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/S25v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-17** Ch. SL 2001-84 `became-law`
- **2001-05-17** Signed By Gov. 5/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-08** Ratified
- **2001-05-07** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-05-03** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2001
- **2001-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2001
- **2001-04-30** Held by Senate
- **2001-04-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2001
- **2001-04-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/648a77c4-7e99-428a-91b8-94d82741fee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).