---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Definition of Convention Center."
description: "Amend Definition of Convention Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "North Carolina SB 70 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTIONS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "SEN. LEE", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-05"
last_action: "2002-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e2284f-d5cf-42b1-89c3-c561a2ca74c5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S70&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f420f119c58f665a6e04f3f571cce74f5522463ca0e3b7d5e2602775f056c7fb"
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 70 (2001) — Amend Definition of Convention Center.

## 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/S70v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S70v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S70v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S70v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-31** Ch. SL 2002-188 `became-law`
- **2002-10-31** Signed By Gov. 10/31/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-10-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-10-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2002
- **2002-10-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-10-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/d0e2284f-d5cf-42b1-89c3-c561a2ca74c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).