---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Budget Authority."
description: "Continuing Budget Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "North Carolina SB 42 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BLANK BILL", "BUDGETING", "CJRS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "GRANTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LRS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSECMMP", "TSERS", "SEN. PLYLER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-01"
last_action: "2001-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63e0657-9de9-4ea0-88ab-f61823be0d85"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S42&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "360558d1c2531e591365ba72cd47b418248701f448998236a1afc6618332f32e"
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 42 (2001) — Continuing Budget Authority.

## 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/S42v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-29** Ch. SL 2001-250 `became-law`
- **2001-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-28** Ratified
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-28** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2001-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-27** Rec From Senate
- **2001-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63e0657-9de9-4ea0-88ab-f61823be0d85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).