---
type: "Bill"
title: "UCC Article 9 Amendments-AB."
description: "UCC Article 9 Amendments-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "North Carolina SB 257 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "FRAUD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-26"
last_action: "2001-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ad50cb-b140-421b-9b94-837013c0d43a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S257&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "98da5b94eb78bed03fd1762ca03a9e9bd398092478f5b0783c38ce9955f12181"
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 257 (2001) — UCC Article 9 Amendments-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/S257v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-21** Ch. SL 2001-231 `became-law`
- **2001-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-11** Ratified
- **2001-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2001
- **2001-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2001
- **2001-05-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2ad50cb-b140-421b-9b94-837013c0d43a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).