---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend NC Emergency Management Laws."
description: "Amend NC Emergency Management Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "North Carolina SB 300 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. ODOM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-01"
last_action: "2001-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8188238-95a0-4277-8cf4-52b6e5b85c86"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S300&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "81ee419f834cacf8288c0500869005be819d55a266ee4888d0f5ed9ccc662529"
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 300 (2001) — Amend NC Emergency Management Laws.

## 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/S300v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-15** Ch. SL 2001-214 `became-law`
- **2001-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-04** Ratified
- **2001-05-31** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-30** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2001
- **2001-05-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Postponed To 5/23/2001
- **2001-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2001
- **2001-05-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-05** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8188238-95a0-4277-8cf4-52b6e5b85c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).