---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County and Stanly County Schools Bids."
description: "Forsyth County and Stanly County Schools Bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "North Carolina SB 401 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. PLYLER", "STANLY COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-08"
last_action: "2001-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc14d6f-5c55-4adb-b89c-8564fd0d7ea8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S401&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47196c71c53b5c9ca42eabab2992caa44d2797f827927f6eb5216937f1afa6e6"
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 401 (2001) — Forsyth County and Stanly County Schools Bids.

## 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/S401v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-21** Ch. SL 2001-99 `became-law`
- **2001-05-21** Ratified
- **2001-05-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2001
- **2001-05-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2001
- **2001-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-12** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-05** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/1bc14d6f-5c55-4adb-b89c-8564fd0d7ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).