---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development Exemption-AB."
description: "Community Development Exemption-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "North Carolina SB 277 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "SECURITIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63a2b8fa-1e6e-47ac-909a-55fde98b9637"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ab240035360e2d815ac1f68a2720283faa636046c4b1f716f8b9222bca6502a"
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 277 (2001) — Community Development Exemption-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/S277v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S277v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-13** Ch. SL 2001-197 `became-law`
- **2001-06-13** Signed By Gov. 6/13/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-04** Ratified
- **2001-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-30** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2001
- **2001-05-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-22** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63a2b8fa-1e6e-47ac-909a-55fde98b9637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).