---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOR Debt Collection Changes-AB."
description: "DOR Debt Collection Changes-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "North Carolina SB 353 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONTRACTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PRIVATIZATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KERR", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-05"
last_action: "2001-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/128a2d93-9dd8-467f-bb33-3ab4eabf64bc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S353&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94c81443b871bf0315e95bc08c696d3714e475c7b5eb4731a6b7abb34affc97f"
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 353 (2001) — DOR Debt Collection Changes-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/S353v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v6.pdf)
7. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v7.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v8.pdf)
9. **SL 2001-380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\CONF. RPT.\ADOPT — **81–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-20** Ch. SL 2001-380 `became-law`
- **2001-08-20** Signed By Gov. 8/20/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-13** Pres. To Gov. 8/10/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-09** Ratified
- **2001-08-08** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-08-08** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2001-08-07** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2001-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/8/2001
- **2001-08-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-08-02** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2001-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-27** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2001
- **2001-06-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-21** Amend Adopted #4,#7,#9, `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** Amendment Withdrawn #6 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2001-06-21** Amend Failed #5,#8,#10,#12,#13 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-20** Amend Adopted #1,#2,#3 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Postponed To 6/20/2001
- **2001-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2001
- **2001-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-11** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-22** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-30** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-15** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/128a2d93-9dd8-467f-bb33-3ab4eabf64bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).