---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rocky Mount/Perquimans Local Act."
description: "Rocky Mount/Perquimans Local Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "North Carolina SB 420 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "CITIZENSHIP", "COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LANDOWNERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. SWINDELL", "EDGECOMBE COUNTY", "NASH COUNTY", "WILSON COUNTY", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "ROCKY MOUNT", "PERQUIMANS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-03-12"
last_action: "2001-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c85c3211-1821-4f79-bbc7-5d659ceddd70"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S420&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "63ec955b1a65a9e2cdb3a71905283633242e910b05ff59815f5c8b6196b12680"
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 420 (2001) — Rocky Mount/Perquimans Local Act.

## 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/S420v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S420v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S420v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S420v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S420v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-02** Ch. SL 2001-330 `became-law`
- **2001-08-02** Ratified
- **2001-08-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2001
- **2001-07-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-30** 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 Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-18** Postponed To 7/26/2001
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-12** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c85c3211-1821-4f79-bbc7-5d659ceddd70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).