---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrical Contractors."
description: "Electrical Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "North Carolina SB 396 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. MILLER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-08"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a27e4d-1e8b-4d12-a8e8-907d78570523"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S396&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6335631b210f40d26e7573867e9988537fef2eea1ea41ca19570f529114d0f1e"
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 396 (2001) — Electrical Contractors.

## 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/S396v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–10** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **105–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-159 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-21** Ratified
- **2001-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2001
- **2001-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a27e4d-1e8b-4d12-a8e8-907d78570523`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).