---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sanitation Rules/Family Foster Homes Exempt."
description: "Sanitation Rules/Family Foster Homes Exempt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "North Carolina SB 541 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOSTER CARE", "GROUP HOMES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSPECTIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SANITATION", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. FOXX", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2001-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db9b437-99f3-45f4-b534-7ee33c4f8d3f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S541&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bf6896560f0b631086a24fe4c3acd87540509f8d0310d991be4e1ed8759c700a"
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 541 (2001) — Sanitation Rules/Family Foster Homes Exempt.

## 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/S541v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-24** Ch. SL 2001-109 `became-law`
- **2001-05-24** Signed By Gov. 5/24/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2001
- **2001-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `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/6db9b437-99f3-45f4-b534-7ee33c4f8d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).