---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Adoption Laws."
description: "Amend Adoption Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "North Carolina SB 499 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "SEN. SOLES", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f07b8b0-fde5-45a0-a75d-a76f9362e429"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S499&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "477f57c97517e778e1a6d3f123bd577f4e7855db7de91a6faaa2df773640618e"
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 499 (2001) — Amend Adoption Laws.

## 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/S499v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S499v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S499v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S499v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S499v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-150 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **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`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f07b8b0-fde5-45a0-a75d-a76f9362e429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).