---
type: "Bill"
title: "Realignment of Var. Sup. Ct. Judge Dists."
description: "Realignment of Var. Sup. Ct. Judge Dists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "North Carolina SB 476 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HAGAN", "WAKE COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6195d3f-31b7-4434-b716-04034e21422a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S476&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3360d571cccb4edf296512ecd22df4a3c5a8a5db5c68d2d5ebb6fd60403b0582"
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 476 (2001) — Realignment of Var. Sup. Ct. Judge Dists.

## 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/S476v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S476v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S476v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S476v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S476v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hagan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-03** Ch. SL 2001-333 `became-law`
- **2001-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-23** Ratified
- **2001-07-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2001
- **2001-07-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2001
- **2001-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-11** Postponed To 7/12/2001
- **2001-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2001
- **2001-07-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary 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`
- **2001-04-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6195d3f-31b7-4434-b716-04034e21422a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).