---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rail Transportation Liability."
description: "Rail Transportation Liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 759"
citation: "North Carolina SB 759 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "MASS TRANSIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "TORTS", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. GULLEY", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-29"
last_action: "2002-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a76b7c-2231-4b1e-acf6-22bfa8d68776"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S759&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3bc579e0e115107b6e03c676e2babe270d9395ad8d4e437a5c29eff296d66141"
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 759 (2001) — Rail Transportation Liability.

## 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/S759v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S759v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S759v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S759v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S759v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-19** Ch. SL 2002-78 `became-law`
- **2002-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/15/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-12** Pres. To Gov. 8/9/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-08** Ratified
- **2002-08-05** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2002
- **2002-08-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2002-07-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/29/2002
- **2002-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2002-07-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2002-07-02** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2002-07-01** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2002-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2002
- **2002-06-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-08-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-26** Placed On Cal For 8/15/2001
- **2001-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2001
- **2001-07-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2001
- **2001-05-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-30** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2001
- **2001-05-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Postponed To 5/29/2001
- **2001-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/a0a76b7c-2231-4b1e-acf6-22bfa8d68776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).