---
type: "Bill"
title: "DSS/Indian Affairs Collaboration."
description: "DSS/Indian Affairs Collaboration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 715"
citation: "North Carolina SB 715 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "DHHS", "FOSTER CARE", "INDIAN AFFAIRS COMN.", "MINORITIES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SEN. W. MARTIN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a19fa46-cc52-4352-b0ad-e021210c1770"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S715&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1fc12d894eb831820b68984596b3015513cbbbfb5b3e77c0ec68fa7793894e28"
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 715 (2001) — DSS/Indian Affairs Collaboration.

## 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/S715v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S715v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S715v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-27** Ch. SL 2001-309 `became-law`
- **2001-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-16** Ratified
- **2001-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Postponed To 7/11/2001
- **2001-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2001
- **2001-07-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-24** Ref To Com On Children, Youth and Families `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`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Children & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a19fa46-cc52-4352-b0ad-e021210c1770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).