---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Planning."
description: "Transportation Planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "North Carolina SB 731 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-29"
last_action: "2001-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37402f96-2c5b-4552-bf2c-7de8a60b6432"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S731&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3bf93510578a55de0d8658e3a93c3bb68bcf528a357a9711b79bd02a80958c9b"
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 731 (2001) — Transportation Planning.

## 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/S731v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-07** Ch. SL 2001-168 `became-law`
- **2001-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-28** Ratified
- **2001-05-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37402f96-2c5b-4552-bf2c-7de8a60b6432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).