---
type: "Bill"
title: "Centennial Authority Changes."
description: "Centennial Authority Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 690"
citation: "North Carolina SB 690 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-22"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a9ba381-02ff-42e1-a80d-6f2d61dff756"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S690&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "51400e04576a11822ea579a71b57f3e964ab2a083f169b4053dad8756f1534d4"
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 690 (2001) — Centennial Authority Changes.

## 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/S690v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S690v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S690v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-311 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-17** Ratified
- **2001-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2001
- **2001-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-24** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-26** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a9ba381-02ff-42e1-a80d-6f2d61dff756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).