---
type: "Bill"
title: "Check Casher Act Sunset Extended."
description: "Check Casher Act Sunset Extended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "North Carolina SB 398 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "LOANS", "NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "SEN. FOXX", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-08"
last_action: "2001-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48453e80-5f09-4972-b676-f9f039b3ce4d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S398&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "032ca85bce02cf35a367f7044b2213f642651b03d0f644686ceeb912a2ac0376"
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 398 (2001) — Check Casher Act Sunset Extended.

## 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/S398v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-31** Ch. SL 2001-323 `became-law`
- **2001-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-31** Ratified
- **2001-07-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2001
- **2001-07-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2001
- **2001-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-25** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2001-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2001
- **2001-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-12** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/48453e80-5f09-4972-b676-f9f039b3ce4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).