---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful to Impede a School Bus."
description: "Unlawful to Impede a School Bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "North Carolina SB 45 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WELLONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-05"
last_action: "2001-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b10e23-f007-4f12-ac04-1bcfad5bb1bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S45&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fefc94f9aa33cfe79db59ed5d8bb1583f6044c33db2c1c0f239586c9e938ac75"
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 45 (2001) — Unlawful to Impede a School Bus.

## 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/S45v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-19** Ch. SL 2001-26 `became-law`
- **2001-04-19** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-11** Pres. To Gov. 4/11/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-04-10** Ratified
- **2001-04-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-04-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Rec From Senate
- **2001-02-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-02-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Placed On Cal For 2/27/2001
- **2001-02-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b10e23-f007-4f12-ac04-1bcfad5bb1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).